Over the weekend I went back to the spot where I saw the female Wagler’s pit viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri) the previous weekend. I was pleased to see that it had only moved a couple of metres during that time and with my 400mm lens I managed to get a few more photographs of it. I decided to inspect some of the other trees and bushes in the area and despite there being quite a lot of people, cats and dogs around I found a second female viper! This one was resting on a branch about a metre off the ground and was a greenish colour, typical of a sub-adult female. Several times I saw feral cats walk past the snake which they either did not notice or know to avoid!

UPDATE: the top photos are of the same sub-adult female viper a week later during this time it did not appear to have moved at all!

Female Wagler’s pit viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri)

Female Wagler’s pit viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri)

Female Wagler’s pit viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri)

Female Wagler’s pit viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri)