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Bitis gabonica, most commonly known as the Gaboon viper, is a viper species found in the rainforests and savannas of sub-Saharan Africa. Like all vipers, it is venomous. It is not only the largest member of the genus Bitis, but also the world’s heaviest viperid, and it has the longest fangs – up to 2 inches in length  – and the highest venom yield of any snake. (x x x) 

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Mexican Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum annulata) x

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Eastern Kingsnake x

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Todays Snake Is:

The Striped Quill-snouted Snake (Xenocalamus bicolor) is a venomous species found in central and southern Africa. This normally docile snake spends most of its time burrowing through soil and debris in pursuit of small reptiles and insect. 

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Valley Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi) x

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Coastal Rosy Boa (Lichanura trivirgata roseofusca) x

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The Variegated Slug-eater (Duberria variegata) is a nonvenomous found in Mozambique and South Africa. Like other members of its genus, these secretive snakes specialize in feeding on slugs and snails and give birth to live young.  When threatened, they will curl in a shell-like spiral to protect their head. 

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Snoot being adorable.

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Fresh shed!

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Yellow Rat Snake (Pantherophis (Elaphe) obsoleta quadrivittata), in its pure form this snake is found from coastal North Carolina to southeastern Georgia and over most of the Florida peninsula. In the Florida Everglades a very similar snake is brilliant orange and often is known as the Everglades rat snake, E. o. rossalleni. Yellow rat snakes are arboreal, often found high in cypress and oak trees in search of prey. They usually are found near water but also can be common near homes and barns. x/x

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Pretty pretty lesser!

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Pork Chop, my sweet prince.

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this little thing that came in the mail today has been distracting me from my mask project. say hello to my new ball python, Sir Lancelot!  

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6 months old!

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(Trimeresurus albolabris) white-lipped pit viper

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Bitis peringueyi is an endemic adder from the Nabib desert. It’s an ambush predator, highly equipped for the job. Many snakes are disguise masters but few completely burrow their entire body beneath the surface and fewer have their eyes moved on top of their head. Actually, if I hadn’t blown off the sand to better show its scaly pattern, this adder would have been completely invisible. Image credit: Royal Society Publishing/Fabio Pupin

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Freshly shed, and beautiful✨✨