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Photographer Yamil Saenz  Yamil Saenz {Karma:12434}
Project #19 Above Your Head Camera Model Canon 300D
Categories Nature
Wildlife
From The Field
Film Format
Portfolio Reptiles
Costa Rica
Lens Canon  100 mm f/2 USM
Uploaded 5/5/2005 Film / Memory Type Lexar  1GB
    ISO / Film Speed 16
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Critiques 14 Rating
6.50
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Location City - 
State - 
Country - Costa Rica   Costa Rica
About This Side-Striped Palm Pit viper is one of the 17 poisonous snakes of Costa Rica. In this image it's easy to observe 4 characteristics that distinguish non-poisonous snakes from poisonous ones.
#1 and most important, the opening (pit) between the nostrils and the eyes.
#2 the triangular shape of its head
#3 a vertical elliptical (cat-like) shaped pupil.
#4 the scales on her head are the same size like the ones on her body. Most non-poisonous snakes, especially those in the elapidae (corals and cobras) and Colubridae families had head scales larger than body scales.
However there are exceptions to these anatomical features. For example the Boas and Pythons. They have small scales on their heads, triangular shape of its head and vertical elliptical (cat-like)
shaped pupil but they aren't poisonous.
These guys (Side-Striped Palm Pit viper)posses a prehensile tails and are perfectly adapted to arboreal life. Their geographic distribution is limited to the premontane and lowers montane zones of the cordilleras of Costa Rica and Western Panama.
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Shaun Rullens Shaun Rullens   {K:2732} 10/30/2005
Wow awsome! I gussed it was Waglers pit viper or also know as the Temple Viper. It looks very similar.

Great capture

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James Hager   {K:6285} 5/25/2005
Great shot. Excellent detail around the eye, and a nice composition. Great "About" too.

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Yamil Saenz Yamil Saenz   {K:12434} 5/6/2005
Estimado Armando, la Bothrops bilineatus es muy similar a la lora. La bilineatus tiene dos rayas laterales casi iguales a la lora. Yo diria que la lora centroamericana es la bilineatus suramericana , sin embargo son especies diferentes. El nombre cientifico de esta especie es Bothriechis lateralis. Antes estaba clasificada dentro del genero de las Bothrops, pero los especialistas en la nomemclatura del orden Squamata, sub-orden ophidia (serpientes), sacaron a las Bothrops arboricolas y les asignaron su propio genero que ahora es Bothriechis.
La produccion de suero antifidico siempre me ha maravillado. Me alegro que hayas tenido la oportunidad de trabajar en un serpentario.
Muchas gracias por tu interes en esta fotografia y por tus valiosos comentarios que siempre son apreciados de manera especial.
Cuidate.
Yamil

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ARMANDO ALCÁZAR ARMANDO ALCÁZAR   {K:42404} 5/5/2005
excelente fotografía de esta bellisima serpiente.?se trata de una Bothrops bilineatus?? Hace muchos años yo trabajé en el cento de salud donde sacabamos veneno a las serpientes para hacer luego el suero antiofidico

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Mary Brown   {K:71879} 5/5/2005
She doesn't look too happy. Marvelous detail. Thanks for the ibfo. I didn't know this before.
Mary
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Dave Stacey Dave Stacey   {K:150877} 5/5/2005
Excellent shot and composition, Yamil! Thanks for the informative "about", too!

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Yamil Saenz Yamil Saenz   {K:12434} 5/5/2005
Dear Don,
Have a wonderful time in Southern Arizona. Watch out for the rattlesnakes. It will be nice if you can get a shot at them. Not a close up like this one. Just kidding, I know that
Avoiding the rattlesnakes is your first priority. Have fun with your son in Northern Arizona. I will love to see your pictures from the canyons.
Take care.
Yamil

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Nour El Refai Nour El Refai   {K:12481} 5/5/2005
excellent capture, and informative about, well done

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Yamil Saenz Yamil Saenz   {K:12434} 5/5/2005
Yes Ian,
This picture was taken at the Bolivar Zoo in Costa Rica.
The vet working there is a good friend of my and he allows me to take pictures inside the exhibits.
Thanks for your comment.
Yamil

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Don Price   {K:1376} 5/5/2005
Hi Yamil, great show of this viper.. THanks for the detailed info, it is nice to hear "what is it"
I will be in rattlesnake country three days next week.. Hope I don't get that close to those guys.
Don

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Roberto Okamura   {K:22851} 5/5/2005
WOw!! Excellent close Yamil!
Very beautiful capture and instrutive about!
Congrats for work!
Roberto.

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Ian T   {K:-75} 5/5/2005
Nice sharp pic. Was this shot in captivity?

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Margaret Sturgess   {K:49403} 5/5/2005
Great shot, wonderful detail -and interesting about, however I must admit I would not want to be close enough to check out those 'features' poisionous or not I would be 'gone'
Margaret

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Girish Chonkar   {K:6903} 5/5/2005
Beautiful, and very agressive. Nice catch. Grat details. Very informative about section.

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