Female Wagler Pit Viper Snake: Singapore Nature 2020

The Wagler Pit Viper Snake (Tropidolaemus wagleri) is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia and Singapore. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid. It is sometimes referred to as the temple viper because of its abundance around the Temple of the Azure Cloud in Malaysia. Females grow to approximately 1 m (39 1⁄4 in) in total length (including tail), while males typically do not exceed 75 cm (29 1⁄2 in). It has a large triangular-shaped head, with a relatively thin body. It is almost entirely arboreal, and the tail is prehensile to aid in climbing. It is found in a wide variety of colors and patterns, often referred to as “phases“. In the past, some researchers classified the different phases as subspecies. The phases vary greatly from having a black or brown coloration as a base, with orange and yellow banding, to others having a light green as the base color, with yellow or orange banding, and