Bitis schneideri

Bitis schneideri

Postby nvlooi » Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:39 pm

What a fantastic way to end the year!
After many trips and countless hours of searching...!

Enjoy.

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Re: Bitis schneideri

Postby MrG » Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:55 pm

:o :o Have'nt seen one in a long time. Well done! A guy at our photo club presented a photo not too long ago that he took in the namib of one. Was this taken in the Western Cape (just the colour of the sand).
Again thx for sharing such good images too.
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Re: Bitis schneideri

Postby RedGhecko » Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:36 pm

Nice find and a pair of crisp pictures, well done.

What time and how was the weather when you found him? Was he moving about or was he shuffled/buried under the sand like he is in picture one?

Looks like a healthy specimen!
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Postby imperial exotix » Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:49 am

Great find, excellent pics aswell.
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Re: Bitis schneideri

Postby nvlooi » Wed Dec 28, 2011 11:07 am

Thanks for the kind comments.

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Re: Bitis schneideri

Postby Scavenger » Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:00 pm

Henco you have out done yourself with these pics VWD!!! :smt023
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Re: Bitis schneideri

Postby nvlooi » Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:09 pm

Thanks scavenger, I probably spent more than an hour with this snake! Such an unbelievable minute thing!
btw this was a female of no more than 150mm.



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Postby Fooble » Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:55 pm

Stunning!!

I guess you cannot take a bad photo of the snake.

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Postby Eyelash » Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:41 pm

Well done H !

Great pics bud and stunning animal !

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Postby nvlooi » Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:01 pm

Thanks.

I must say even a cellphone photo would have looked amazing!


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Postby don patterson » Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:52 pm

Beautiful animal and photo !!
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Postby J.C » Wed Jun 27, 2012 3:21 pm

Lovely photos Nvlooi! Wish to see one in the wild one day. If any is left!
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Postby Ruan Stander » Wed Jun 27, 2012 3:45 pm

This species would stand a much better chance if it wasn't for the poachers out there.
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Postby michael » Wed Jun 27, 2012 4:28 pm

No this species would stand a much better chance if the dune veld where it lives wasn't being destroyed!
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Postby Ruan Stander » Wed Jun 27, 2012 4:50 pm

Either way it would be far better off without man in the picture.
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