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Common Mock Viper

Psammodynastes pulverulentus

Description:

Saw this baby Snake during a night walk. Very small, around 25 cm in length.

Habitat:

Tropical Forest

Notes:

This Snake is so small that the close-up shots of the face was taken with macro lens :D

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common mock viper
Psammodynastes pulverulentus Psammodynastes pulverulentus


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13 Comments

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 8 years ago

Thank you very much, @Ashley for this surprised birthday gift :D ha ha!

Thanks too, @la20madryn201546 @armadeus.4, @Lizzy and @LarryGraziano :)

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 8 years ago

Congrats on the SOTD Albert!! Lovely series.

Annelies
Annelies 8 years ago

Just look at that grumpy lil' face <3 Great spotting!

armadeus.4
armadeus.4 8 years ago

Congratulations!!!

AshleyT
AshleyT 8 years ago

Congrats Albert, this beautiful little guy has been chosen as Spotting of the Day!

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la20madryn201546
la20madryn201546 8 years ago

wow

AshleyT
AshleyT 8 years ago

Oh that is very cool! I've only seen 1 species of snake in 2 countries, that's all I've got :)

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 8 years ago

@Ashley - it was nice finding the same species of Snake in 3 different countries - Malaysia, Philippines & Hong Kong :)

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 8 years ago

Probably this one is a very young juvenile.
This one was found on the same plant with a few baby Phasmids (2 cm size), I tried to take of them together for size reference but photo didn't turn out well :(
Saw total of 4 Snakes this trip, not too bad :D

AshleyT
AshleyT 8 years ago

Yea, and I don't remember the others having as pronounced of a white stripe on the neck either. Cool snakes though!

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 8 years ago

Yea, a few of them, but colours a bit different.
This one seems to be lighter in colour.

AshleyT
AshleyT 8 years ago

Oops, had this open for a long time and didn't see Scott's ID :) You've been finding quite a few of these guys lately, Albert!

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 8 years ago

Thanks, @Scott & @Ashley for the ID :)

AlbertKang
Spotted by
AlbertKang

Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia

Spotted on Oct 19, 2015
Submitted on Oct 23, 2015

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