#dispholidus typus

[amnhnyc]

Don’t boop this snoot: Meet the Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)! 🐍This unusual-looking snake can open its jaws as wide as 170 degrees. Its venom, which is especially potent, affects the circulatory system—preventing blood from clotting and causing serious internal bleeding. Found in parts of Africa including Botswana and Zimbabwe, the boomslang typically feeds on prey like lizards and frogs.

Photo: timbrammer, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

[herpsandbirds]

Common Boomslang (Dispholidus typus), juvenile, defensive display, family Colubridae, South Africa

This is a rear-fanged Colubrid snake, that is actually highly venomous, very dangerous to humans.

The famous herpetologist Karl Schmidt died from a Boomslang (a juvenile, no less) bite in 1957. He did not think that a rear-fanged snake could deliver a deadly bite. (In his defense, most herpetologists at that time concurred with this assumption.)

Most rear-fanged snakes are not seriously injurious to humans.

Venomous.

photograph by WVZ Nature & Wildlife Photography

[shmelya]

the way you draw Snake’s hair so it’s curly and flicked out reminds me of a cobra, it’s so fitting for him!! also the way you draw hair in general is so full of life, love it 😭

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[dailydoseofdeadly]

Boomslang

Name: Boomslang

Scientific Name: Dispholidus Typus

Family: Colubriae

Size: Average 1.2 meters or around 4 feet

Habitat: Native to sub-Saharan Africa

Fatalities: Less than ten people worldwide

Conservation Status: Least concern

Fun Fact: Young boomslangs have large, emerald green eyes

The Boomslang. One of the odder looking snakes within the animal king, with large, emerald green eyes on its small head as a juvenile that eventually turns into large, black eyes as an adult. They do look a little silly. These slender bug-eyed critters hold the title of one of the most deadliest snakes in the world along with more infamous species like the black mamba, inland taipan, and the cobra. Lurking in the bushes and trees of South Africa, waiting for small vertebrae to pass by, the boomslang is the master of disguise. Ranging from bright green to black to rust-red, the boomslang comes in every color you’d think of. Like every YA protagonist, the boomslang is shy, petite, and slender (they shop at Brandy) and have bright green eyes. However, don’t let their size or their awkwardness fool you, the boomslang can finish off a grown adult in less than 24 hours. 

Another strange thing about the boomslang: they’re rear-fanged. Meaning that their fangs are towards the back of their mouths on their lower jaws. Being rear-fanged, many herpetologists in the 20th century thought that they were not venomous. For herpetologist Karl Schmidt, though, he met his fate after an encounter with a rear-fanged juvenile. Following assumptions about rear-fanged snakes, Schmidt didn’t think much about the bite at the time. However, within 24 hours, he would succumb to the boomslang’s hemotoxic venom. The venom exhibits a property where the victim loses the ability to clot blood, eventually furthering into external and internal bleeding. The venom is also slow-acting; symptoms and hemorrhaging can be delayed lulling the victim into a false sense of security. 

However, if you think you got bit by a boomslang, every dose is a lethal dose. Seek medical attention immediately. Get the antivenom. 

It’s the difference between life and bleeding out to death.

[okapiaconcolor]

Boomslang (Dispholidus typus typus)

[whitewatermedia]

13 of the most venomous snakes on the planet

8. Boomslang

About 24 hours after being bitten on the thumb by a juvenile boomslang (also called a South African green tree snake), herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt died from internal bleeding from his eyes, lungs, kidneys, heart and brain, researchers reported in 2017 in the journal Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. The snake had been sent to Schmidt at The Field Museum in Chicago for identification. Like others in the field at the time (1890), Schmidt believed that rear-fanged snakes like the boomslang (Dispholidus typus) couldn't produce a venom dose big enough to be fatal to humans. They were wrong. 

[animalids]

Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)

Photo by Hennie van Heerden

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[lovingexotics]

Boomslang Dispholidus Typus Source: Here

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En Ölümcül 10 Yılan Türü

En Ölümcül 10 Yılan Türü

En Ölümcül 10 Yılan Türü Bu sürüngenlerden biriyle karşılaşmanız hayatınıza mal olabilir. Tıslıyorlar, sürünüyorlar ve ne yazık ki şüphelenmedikleri avları ve insanları ısırıyorlar. Dünya Sağlık Örgütü’ne göre, yılanlar her yıl yaklaşık 5,4 milyon insanı ısırarak 81.000 ila 138.000 arasında ölüme neden oluyor. Zehirli yılanlar, kurbanlarını, dişlerini kullanarak avına enjekte ettiği değiştirilmiş…

[exotic-venom]

(Dispholidus typus) Boomslang

This venomous colubrid ranges from varied earthtones to green to gray or black with yellow and sometimes blue markings. Scientists cannot understand why this animal tends to go completely melanistic  when it enters captivity, nor have they been able to figure out how to reverse this process. 

[animal-lover94]

Boomslang

Dispholidus typus

🔔  In 1957, herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt died after being bitten by a juvenile boomslang, which he had doubted could produce a fatal dose. He made notes on the symptoms he experienced almost to the end.

[herpsandbirds]

Common Boomslang (Dispholidus typus), family Colubridae, from southern Africa

Rear fanged and strongly venomous.

Whereas most rear-fanged snakes are only mildly venomous, the Boomslang is actually quite dangerously venomous.

Photograph by Nathan Jordan

[thebigkelu]

Magnus Forsberg - Boomslang Dispholidus typus

[antiqueanimals]

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Volume 6: Reptiles. Written by Bernard Grzimek. 1984.

1.) European cat snake (Telescopus fallax)

2.) Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)

3.) Parrot snake (Leptophis ahaetulla)

4.) Twig snake (Thelotornis kirtlandii)

5.) Malagasy leaf-nosed snake (Langaha madagascariensis)

6.) Banded cat-eyed snake (Leptodeira annulata)

7.) African house snake (Boaedon fuliginosus)

8.) Southern brown egg eater (Dasypeltis inornata)

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Boomslang (Dispholidus typus typus)