Venomous Eyelash pit viper (Bothriechis schlegelii), colorful snake species from Costa Rica, oropel

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Venomous Eyelash pit viper or Eyelash palm-pitviper (Bothriechis schlegelii) is one of the most colorful snakes in the world. This snake species lives in rainforests of Central and South America. It is one of the most common venomous snakes in the region, together with Terciopelo (Fer-de-lance or Hognosed pit viper). Bites from this snake are not very common and the venom is not very strong. There are several color morph and the most famous ones are yellow and Christmas tree morph. This video shows yellow morph (oropel), Christmas tree morph (bocaracá), grey morph and more colors. This snake footage was filmed in Costa Rica. Eyelash pit viper has some typical features and behavior which will be shown in the video.

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@dimidomo7946 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful colorful vipers; especially the Yellow viper poised on that colorful flora and the Christmas tree viper. Living Zoology rocks!

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!!! Thank you so much for watching our videos! :)

@darrellshoub7527 2 жыл бұрын

I raised a baby Christmas Tree Color Phase Eyelash Viper in 2002. it was one of the arboreals that made the best use of alll the branches in the cage , getting into comically awkward positions, looking all knotted up ....but .... in fact, always ready to throw out a big punch, whenever I changed out the water bowl. Really cool snakes with real personalities ! GREAT EPISODE AS ALWAYS , L.Z. !!!!!!!

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! These are snakes are super cute and beautiful, it must have been nice to raise one.

@Ralfavisuals 2 жыл бұрын

i love your dedication for filming snakes

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! We love these animals!

@hitesh9396 Жыл бұрын

Underrated channel With utter beauty

@LivingZoology Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!! Pls share our videos with your friends!

@CFarnwide 2 жыл бұрын

I just watched a Nat Geo clip just before watching this one and I have to say… yours is so much better! Seriously beautiful footage of an insanely gorgeous snake. WELL DONE!

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, thank you so much!!! We really appreciate this! 🙏❤️🐍

@CFarnwide 2 жыл бұрын

@@LivingZoology I sincerely mean that. I much prefer your footage over Nat Geo. 😎

@justdoinit2378 7 ай бұрын

All of the morphs are absolutely amazing!!!

@LivingZoology 7 ай бұрын

We agree, this species is stunning!

@Supreme-Chancellor 2 жыл бұрын

These are without a doubt my favorite snakes.

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

These are awesome snakes!

@laaging Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love eyelash vipers, they’re such gorgeous and interesting animals

@LivingZoology Жыл бұрын

They are awesome! We always love to work with them!

@johnschlesinger2009 2 жыл бұрын

Such beautiful snakes - thanks for another wonderful video.

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your support!!! These snakes are absolutely amazing, it was a pleasure to film them.

@jbnorthrup 7 ай бұрын

Great video! Thanks so much for making it😊

@LivingZoology 7 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! Great that you like this video 🙂

@tripodirosario4138 2 жыл бұрын

Always great documentary, wonderful !!! Bravo!!

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!!! 🙂🐍❤️

@luthfannaufal9262 2 жыл бұрын

One of the most fascinating and one of my favorite species of viper in the world

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, this species is simply amazing! 🐍Thanks for watching!

@alfazoologist9741 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! these vipers are so cute ❤️❤️❤️

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, they are!!! You will love them after watching this video! :)

@terrysordal1693 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video LZ! Aside from the awesome colorations, I noticed that they have HUGE venom glands!

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! 🙂You are right, it is well visible on adults! 🐍

@wakefieldwildlife 2 жыл бұрын

You guys are always putting out amazing work!!!

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Happy that you think so! ;)

@smiths0511 2 жыл бұрын

All of your videos are remarkable. Thanks for the work you do.

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! We are very happy that you like our work!

@llchapman1234 2 жыл бұрын

Beautifully filmed. Love the color variations.

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!!! We worked hard to find those color morphs! 🙂One month in the rainforest!

@llchapman1234 2 жыл бұрын

@@LivingZoology Wow, that dedication really shows. Such beautiful videos.

@coraltown1 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting to see a viper climbing like a boa. Super nice video!

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! Yes, these vipers are expert climbers!

@justdoinit2378 7 ай бұрын

The Christmas tree morph is absolutely gorgeous!!! Incredible snakes!!!

@LivingZoology 7 ай бұрын

They are! Thank you for watching!

@adrianbara-popa9960 2 жыл бұрын

Spectacular footage of such gorgeous creatures

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!!! Always great to read positive a review! :)

@Lb16161 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are so calming an beautifull i had to follow

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! We appreciate that you watch our videos!

@curiousman1672 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful work. Great post about these pretty little critters.

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! :)

@justdoinit2378 7 ай бұрын

The eye lash pit viper is a beautiful snake!!

@LivingZoology 7 ай бұрын

That is true! And it is so variable in color!

@livius4278 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful species !!!

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

It is, so variable in color! :)

@LukeMcGuireoides 9 ай бұрын

Sublime footage. Well done!

@LivingZoology 9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙏

@venomousnook2685 Ай бұрын

I love this video. We need more eyelash videos ❤

@LivingZoology Ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@vickhram 2 жыл бұрын

Kudos again for a great video. Appreciate all of your efforts. As usual, the video came out with flying colors. Additionally, the protagonist itself displayed vibrant colours. Fantastic job team😍 Stay safe! Take care!

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! As you say, these snakes are super colorful and look great in the footage! We were very happy to find these color morphs, it took us about one month of searching! Take care and thank you so much.

@Alamito24 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful filming, informative text. Thanks, well done!

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for watching! :)

@Eyes_dont_Lie 2 жыл бұрын

Nature is such a beauty. It’s amazing The type of animals we’ve never seen exist

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, nature is so diverse and amazing! Always great to explore!

@letloverule100 2 жыл бұрын

The beauty of these snakes never ceases to amaze me.

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Eyelash pit viper is particularly beautiful, thank you for watching!

@richrcwx1685 2 жыл бұрын

Stunning an beautiful snake

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

We think so too! Thank you for watching!

@Musicario_Dario Ай бұрын

the most beautyfull ones!

@LivingZoology Ай бұрын

This species is beautiful, we agree! 🙂

@aldenunion 2 жыл бұрын

Another Class showing...Cheers!!!

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Super happy that you like it! Cheers!

@aldenunion 2 жыл бұрын

I read Costa Rica is the 3rd Largest Banana exporter on the planet,one out of every 10 originate from there. Could anyone imagine rummaging through a box of Bananas and out came a Yellow Eyelash Pit Viper.lol... I did not realize they were so small,they could hide well and actually get shipped to other nations in with bananas quite often. Beautiful species, and I find every color of them attractive. Venom glands are HUGE , bet they pack a dose. Also read they are docile unless provoked. I never seen one realtime.. Envious.

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

@@aldenunion We never heard about an Eyelash pit viper being shipped with bananas, but theoretically it can happen! They are not very big, the young ones are tiny!

@aldenunion 2 жыл бұрын

@@LivingZoology Only repeating what I read, never seen myself. Maybe someone embellished the truth a bit? Known to happen online. I have heard of arachnids, so figured sure adds up.. In same article they said local myth (that is anatomically impossible), that locals claimed they would actually "wink" before striking.lol.... Sure are pretty though..

@emilemontiere6128 2 жыл бұрын

Wow they keep on coming......hope the one on the right is featured......oh and the one on the left as well!!!!

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Both snakes are featured of course! :)

@robinvann6663 2 жыл бұрын

Beautifully --- Beautiful... 💚💙

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@treykeyes Жыл бұрын

I love how they say they can hunt without camouflage lmao. Have you ever looked for eyelash vipers??? Even the yellow phase blends in remarkably well in the forest. Plenty of yellow foliage..

@LivingZoology Жыл бұрын

Yes, we found those snakes in this video by ourselves or with the help of local guides :) So we know which color of these snakes is the easiest to find - yellow one! Some of them were very visible.

@davidhowse884 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful snakes.

@LivingZoology Жыл бұрын

Yes they are! And so variable in color!

@sebapacr 2 жыл бұрын

Q chiva edición 👌🏻

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@arturoherrera1386 Жыл бұрын

In the late 2000s I worked on turtle projects in CentroAmerica. One of the prettier places I lived was in Caribbean Costa Rica. There was a park I lived in for 9 months, Cahuita National Park. The amount of oropel there was insane. EDIT - They are a lot smaller than I expected, no more than 2 feet on average. The terciopelo was the one to watch out for.

@LivingZoology Жыл бұрын

We visited Cahuita twice and we know that it is absolutely famous for oropels. We saw 2 there :)

@arturoherrera1386 Жыл бұрын

@@LivingZoology That is great!!I lived in the ranger station at Cahuita National Park 2008 turtle 🐢 nesting season

@LivingZoology Жыл бұрын

@@arturoherrera1386 That is awesome! It is a lovely park, so many animals around :)

@randallrogers6608 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful reptiles.

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

They are stunning! Amazing snakes to film, thank you!

@abbyerice980 Жыл бұрын

Gorgeous snakes ❤😊

@LivingZoology Жыл бұрын

They are! 🙂🐍

@Sushi2735 Жыл бұрын

Strange but stunning creature! The color is beautiful, the and the eyelashes make them amazing to observe. Just beautiful, at a distance! It looks like they have a neck, then the large wedge of a head is perched on top 😮😮😮😮 The Morph is a breathtaking snake, your capture of this stunning snake is just lovely. The colors are amazing. So happy to meet one on film 🎥 I think I missed it but how long are they?

@LivingZoology Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! These are one of the most colorful snakes, so cute! We love to work with them, they are not very fast and live in the beautiful rainforest. They usually grow to 60 - 80 cm.

@katherinepoindexter4380 2 жыл бұрын

are y'all going to do a video on the Cotton Mouth Water Moccasin of the southern united states? I am looking forward to that video..i love em..best snake in my opinion.

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

If we get lucky to have a chance to go to the USA in the future, we will try to find Cottonmouths :)

@meganchoo2814 9 ай бұрын

Best camera

@LivingZoology 9 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@domadordeviborasvenenosas1227 Жыл бұрын

Demasiado hermosas

@LivingZoology Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! :)

@sebastienrobert5179 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome like usual ,very colorful pit viper ! Moving on flowers it’s so beautiful and scary ✌️

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!!! Why scary?

@sebastienrobert5179 2 жыл бұрын

@@LivingZoology scary by the bite ! Not the snakes they are gorgeous ✌️

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

@@sebastienrobert5179 Ok, we understand! A bite from a venomous snake is always scary.

@sebastienrobert5179 2 жыл бұрын

@@LivingZoology yes it was what i mean bitten in the middle of jungle,i always love your content,I have bought a brand new tv Oled and the pictures quality are huge with your video 🐍🐍🐍✌️✌️

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

@@sebastienrobert5179 Amazing that you have a new Tv where you can watch our videos! :)

@vivianealmeida4079 2 жыл бұрын

Muito linda ❣️

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@ceratophrys Жыл бұрын

superb, thanks !

@LivingZoology Жыл бұрын

Wow, you are checking all our videos! :)

@ceratophrys Жыл бұрын

@@LivingZoology almost, in fact I check.each day for my lunch

@LivingZoology Жыл бұрын

@@ceratophrys That is brilliant! 👍❤️

@voodoodolly 2 жыл бұрын

I love Shleggs !!

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

They are amazing!!! :)

@limoucheu8522 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic, some morphs are clearly more mimetic than others. It seems that the yellow ones lack of certain pigments, no? I have a question we see that these snakes are fantastic climbers (the movement and synchronisation of the body movements and the prehensile tail is fantastic) but do they have the heart situated closer to the head as in certain other climbers (like some colubrids climbers)?

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! We think that the yellow morph does lack some pigments, yes. In terms of the heart position we are not aware of anything special in this species. We guess that it would need to be common among other arboreal vipers also if it is present in this species.

@martinclayton7260 2 жыл бұрын

I would liked to have known more about the venom, how bad is it? What's the affect in humans? Beautifully shot, and beautiful snake!

@limoucheu8522 2 жыл бұрын

As most solenoglyph the venom is hemotoxic (toxic for blood) and cytotoxic (destroying the cells). If the venom is not as powerful as the snakes of the Bothrops complex we must be avoid bites because a bite of these species must be consider as a medical urgency.

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Venom of this species is hemotoxic and cytotoxic, it is not as strong as in bushmasters or Terciopelo, but if we are correct there are cases of deaths after the bite. Eyelash pit viper is small so the amount of venom it has is usually not enough to kill an adult human, but it is important to prevent bites from happening, because you never know.

@ranluong2321 2 жыл бұрын

Wow eyelash pit viper

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

It is a beautiful snake! 🐍 Don’t miss the video!

@niachungdupit8104 Жыл бұрын

No talking no bullshit, only snake love it

@LivingZoology Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! :)

@ghoste1008 2 жыл бұрын

Please can we hope for Malabar pit vipr and wester ghats pit viper series hee... There are lot of pit viper in that area which are never expose to outside world ... So that we can know little about them ?

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

We hope to go to India next year, keep your fingers crossed...

@shannonshare431 9 ай бұрын

yellow one has mites i think

@LivingZoology 9 ай бұрын

We often see mites on snakes!

@fcardini 2 жыл бұрын

B. Schlegelii is a most interesting snake species in that some of its morphs are so conspicuous. In view of the remarkable crypticity of many if not most slow-moving snake species, this reversal is most curious. Why has not the DNA for the bright yellow morphs been eliminated? What could be the advantage? Another question, which arises from the same phenomenon in several other vipers, is the supra-ocular scalar processes, occurring also in, e.g., the North American sidewinder rattlesnake. The frequency of occurrence of this anatomical characteristic among vipers strongly suggests some selective benefit, but what? Does it betray some unknown process of visual perception (detection) of eyes in snake predators or prey?

@guido1270 2 жыл бұрын

The yellow snakes are known to hide in and hunt from yellow flowers. So in those instances they are still cryptic. I have no idea how common that behavior is.

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

The yellow ones are sometimes seen on the colorful flowers. But they are more often found anywhere else, just on places where the other morphs are better camouflaged. These snakes hunt during the night so their bright color might not be such a disadvantage after the darkness. Nobody is sure why Eyelash pit vipers have the supraocular scales, one hypothesis says that with them they don't have such an easy recognizable silhouette, the other hypothesis says that it prevents eyes from being damaged when they move in a dense vegetation.

@hi_tech_reptiles 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome snake! I also wanted to mention you've called the African Bush Vipers (Aetheris and I believe another) pit vipers when they're true vipers, in an older video. Idk if anyone has mentioned it, so I figured I'd point that out. It's also very interesting the convergent evolution between small new world arboreal vipers and old world bush vipers! Similar to Green Tree Pythons and Emerald Tree Boas!

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, these snakes are amazing! We are not aware of the fact that we called bush viper from the genus Atheris pit vipers, send us a proof ;) Nobody mentioned anything like that.

@u.toprak 2 жыл бұрын

Ohh very danger 😲

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Not very danger if you give the snake enough space 😉

@u.toprak 2 жыл бұрын

@@LivingZoology you are talking about living space , more dangerous beings than snakes are humans , people don't leave a living space for animals, you're right

@herbhunter5520 2 жыл бұрын

One looks like peppered bacon! Yummm

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@faunadacaatinga8757 2 жыл бұрын

I am brazilian

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Greetings to Brazil!

@faunadacaatinga8757 2 жыл бұрын

I love snakes

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

That is great! :)

@faunadacaatinga8757 2 жыл бұрын

The snake I use as a profile picture, is called jararaca (bothrops erythromelas), is of the same genus as the beautiful Fer de lance (Bothrops asper), it is a snake of the viperid family and of the crotalinae subfamily, it is one of the snakes that cause most snake accidents in my country, I found her while hiking in the woods.

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

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@faunadacaatinga8757 2 жыл бұрын

I had already watched this video, I really like your channel, it's the best notification of the day :)

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

@@faunadacaatinga8757 How is it possible that you watched this video before the premiere? :)

@mikefoehr235 2 жыл бұрын

Snakes look great on my Samsung big screen

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

That is awesome! 🐍❤️

@sandraezesky5310 2 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@abdulbasith7002 2 жыл бұрын

How did you shoot this video

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

We look for snakes, work with them in their natural environment, film them and release them back to the wild.

@abdulbasith7002 2 жыл бұрын

@@LivingZoology 👍👍

@Michaelkaydee Жыл бұрын

Are we ABSOLUTELY certain that the different "schlegelii" aren't separate species? Are some hybrids? Think Gaboon Viper and the Rhino viper and their NATURALLY occurring hybrid ("Gabino")

@LivingZoology Жыл бұрын

A different color is not automatically a sign of a different species. Many viper species are very variable in color. The important piece of evidence is general morphology and especially genetics. One species was described - Blotched Palm-pitviper (Bothriechis superciliaris) according to genetics and morphology. Eyelash pit viper still remains one species with many color morphs and big range until some new evidence shows that it should be treated differently.

@ranluong2321 2 жыл бұрын

@LivingZoology 2 жыл бұрын

🙏🙂