White-headed viper
The white-headed viper is one of the more venomous of the 27 species of venomous snakes in China. , also known as the Himalayan white-headed snake, once appeared in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. White-headed vipers are not considered giant and generally do not exceed one meter in length.
The first person to create the Himalayan bald snake was the European explorer Leonardo Fea. It was not until 1888 that biologist George Albert Boulenger officially named the genus Azemiops. . The Himalayan white-headed snake is a relatively ancient snake species. They are mainly found in some mountains in Southeast Asia. In addition, Himalayan bald snakes can be found in southeastern Tibet and Vietnam in China. The toxicity is a neurotoxin, which in the human body can cause pain, swelling, high blood pressure, nausea, abdominal pain, sleepiness, numbness of hands and feet, unconsciousness, and ultimately death. Those who are bitten without immediate medical treatment will inevitably die.
The total length is 600~800mm. It is a venomous snake with tube teeth. The tube teeth are short and small, and there is no cheek pit. The back is dark brown, with 10~15+3~4 pairs of scarlet horizontal spots, arranged in a weaving arrangement or meeting each other on the midline of the back; the ventral surface is olive gray, scattered with small white spots. The head and nape of the neck are light yellowish white with dark brown patterns. There are typical 9 large scales on the back of the head; 3 (2) preorbital scales, 2 postorbital scales; 2+3 (2) temporal scales; 6 upper labial scales, 2-1-3 pattern; 8 (7- 9), the first 3 (4) pieces of the anterior jaw are cut. The dorsal scales are smooth, with 17-17-15 rows; the ventral scales are 168-205, the anal scales are complete, and the lower tail scales are 39-53 pairs.
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