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[last update 2017-07-12] Below is a collection of photos taken from around the world. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler  Google+, copyright Mongabay.com 1999-2015. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.

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Fer de lance
Fer de lance

Fer de lance [costa_rica_osa_0559]
Fer de lance [costa_rica_osa_0559]

Coral snake
Coral snake


Common death adder

Fer de lance [costa_rica_osa_0563]
Fer de lance [costa_rica_osa_0563]


Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica)

Fer de lance (Bothrops asper)
Fer de lance (Bothrops asper)

Fer de lance [costa_rica_osa_0560]
Fer de lance [costa_rica_osa_0560]


Rhinoceros viper (Bitis rhinoceros)


Aruba island rattlesnake (Crotalus unicolor)

Red and green eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii) [costa-rica_0839]
Red and green eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii) [costa-rica_0839]

Fer de lance (Bothrops asper) [local name in Belize: Yellow-jaw tommygoff]
Fer de lance (Bothrops asper) [local name in Belize: Yellow-jaw tommygoff]


Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica)

Fer-de-lance
Fer-de-lance

Red and green eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)
Red and green eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)


Common death adder [australia_fnq_0894]


King cobra crossing a road in Khao Yai

Red and green eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii) [costa-rica_0842]
Red and green eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii) [costa-rica_0842]

Venemous Bothrops mattogrossensis snake
Venemous Bothrops mattogrossensis snake


Common death adder [australia_fnq_0893]

Tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) or cascabel
Tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) or cascabel


Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica)


King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) cross a road


Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica), the largest of the true vipers


World's venemous poisonous snake, the King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

Red and green eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii) [costa-rica_0840]
Red and green eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii) [costa-rica_0840]


Aruba island rattlesnake (Crotalus unicolor)


Common death adder [australia_fnq_0906]


Macaque monkey watching a king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) cross a road

Tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) or cascavel
Tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) or cascavel


Aruba island rattlesnake (Crotalus unicolor)


Red spitting cobra (Naja pallida)

Fer-de-lance snake
Fer-de-lance snake


Asiatic cobra (Naja naja)


Red spitting cobra (Naja pallida)


Aruba island rattlesnake (Crotalus unicolor)


Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica)


Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus)


Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica)


Macaque monkey watching a king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) cross a road


Common death adder [australia_fnq_0895]

Fer de lance [costa_rica_osa_0562]
Fer de lance [costa_rica_osa_0562]

Fer-de-lance snake [colombia_2216]
Fer-de-lance snake [colombia_2216]


Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica), the largest of the true vipers


Common death adder [australia_fnq_0905]


King cobra crossing a road in Khao Yai

Eyelash viper [costa-rica_a_0061]
Eyelash viper [costa-rica_a_0061]


Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix)

Red and green eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii) [costa-rica_0835]
Red and green eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii) [costa-rica_0835]

Venemous Bothrops mattogrossensis snake [brazil_1940]
Venemous Bothrops mattogrossensis snake [brazil_1940]

Fer-de-lance snake
Fer-de-lance snake

Fer de lance (Bothrops asper) [costa_rica_osa_0555]
Fer de lance (Bothrops asper) [costa_rica_osa_0555]


Common death adder [australia_fnq_0904]


Rhinoceros viper (Bitis gabonica rhinoceros)

Fer de lance [costa_rica_osa_0564]
Fer de lance [costa_rica_osa_0564]

Fer-de-lance
Fer-de-lance


Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica)


Egyptian cobra (Naja haje)


Taylor's cantil (Agkistrodon bilineatus taylori)

Red and green eyelash viper seen from the ground in its typical habitat or place of rest
Red and green eyelash viper seen from the ground in its typical habitat or place of rest

Eyelash viper [costa-rica_a_0060]
Eyelash viper [costa-rica_a_0060]

Fer-de-lance
Fer-de-lance


Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica)

Fer de lance [costa_rica_osa_0558]
Fer de lance [costa_rica_osa_0558]


Egyptian cobra (Naja haje)

Coral snake
Coral snake

Fer de lance (Bothrops asper) [costa_rica_osa_0554]
Fer de lance (Bothrops asper) [costa_rica_osa_0554]


Eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus)


Malayan pitviper (Calloselasma rhodostoma)


King cobra crossing a road in Khao Yai

Eyelash viper
Eyelash viper

Fer de lance [costa_rica_osa_0561]
Fer de lance [costa_rica_osa_0561]

Tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) or cascabel
Tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) or cascabel

Fer-de-lance
Fer-de-lance


Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica)

Tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) or cascabel
Tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) or cascabel

Coral snake [manu_0352]
Coral snake [manu_0352]


Ornate cantil (Agkistrodon bilineatus taylori)


Aruba island rattlesnake (Crotalus unicolor)


World's longest poisonous snake, the King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

Eyelash viper [costa-rica_a_0062]
Eyelash viper [costa-rica_a_0062]

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