Northern Boomslang - Dispholidus typus viridus.

South African snakes with venoms that are considered to be medically important.

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Northern Boomslang - Dispholidus typus viridus.

Postby Mongoose » Fri Jul 01, 2016 8:54 am

I photographed this boomslang from Hluhluwe. I removed it on a call out from Umhluhluwe Safaris where it was found in their workshop.

ImageNorthern Boomslang - Dispholidus typus viridus by David Maguire, on Flickr
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Re: Northern Boomslang - Dispholidus typus viridus.

Postby Mitton » Fri Jul 01, 2016 8:56 am

Beautiful, both the snake and the picture.
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Re: Northern Boomslang - Dispholidus typus viridus.

Postby Inyoka » Fri Jul 01, 2016 10:10 pm

Beautiful!
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Re: Northern Boomslang - Dispholidus typus viridus.

Postby Westley Price » Mon Jul 04, 2016 10:39 pm

Gorgeous.

I still need to get hold of the publication describing the new subspecies.
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Re: Northern Boomslang - Dispholidus typus viridus.

Postby Ruan Stander » Wed Jul 06, 2016 6:58 pm

Gorgeous specimen. I'd appreciate that article too.
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