Nightflight99
12-29-18, 08:52 PM
Its been a minute since I've posted here, so I thought I'd make up for lost time with a few images of these western green mambas (Dendroaspis viridis). These particular specimens are from the Ivory Coast for a few years now.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Reptiles/Mambas/Dendroaspis-viridis/i-97T6qtZ/0/8e98f0e7/L/369A1207b-L.jpg
People sometimes wonder why any keeper would work with a genus as potentially troublesome as that of mambas. This is one of those pictures that can hopefully convey the beauty of these animals.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Reptiles/Mambas/Dendroaspis-viridis/i-jkhJ9wF/0/fa39a0f5/L/369A0153b-L.jpg
Mambas are highly alert and very observant animals: you watch them, and they watch you.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Reptiles/Mambas/Dendroaspis-viridis/i-34jQg9F/0/19db9569/L/369A0474b-L.jpg
Feeding time is a great opportunity to get a glimpse of their oral anatomy.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Reptiles/Mambas/Dendroaspis-viridis/i-Fm5ZLXk/0/0e7734a3/L/369A0436b-L.jpg
The species epithet viridis means 'green,' but these snakes have plenty of yellow (and sometimes blue) in them.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Reptiles/Mambas/Dendroaspis-viridis/i-p7C9sGZ/0/53b43b13/L/369A0452b-L.jpg
If you look closely enough, then their morphology becomes an art.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Reptiles/Mambas/Dendroaspis-viridis/i-X3NvDLK/0/6b502033/XL/369A0051b-XL.jpg
I rather enjoyed this snapshot, and hope that you will do the same. Feeding while cohabitating requires close supervision, but these particular specimens are usually quite good about it.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Reptiles/Mambas/Dendroaspis-viridis/i-97T6qtZ/0/8e98f0e7/L/369A1207b-L.jpg
People sometimes wonder why any keeper would work with a genus as potentially troublesome as that of mambas. This is one of those pictures that can hopefully convey the beauty of these animals.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Reptiles/Mambas/Dendroaspis-viridis/i-jkhJ9wF/0/fa39a0f5/L/369A0153b-L.jpg
Mambas are highly alert and very observant animals: you watch them, and they watch you.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Reptiles/Mambas/Dendroaspis-viridis/i-34jQg9F/0/19db9569/L/369A0474b-L.jpg
Feeding time is a great opportunity to get a glimpse of their oral anatomy.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Reptiles/Mambas/Dendroaspis-viridis/i-Fm5ZLXk/0/0e7734a3/L/369A0436b-L.jpg
The species epithet viridis means 'green,' but these snakes have plenty of yellow (and sometimes blue) in them.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Reptiles/Mambas/Dendroaspis-viridis/i-p7C9sGZ/0/53b43b13/L/369A0452b-L.jpg
If you look closely enough, then their morphology becomes an art.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Reptiles/Mambas/Dendroaspis-viridis/i-X3NvDLK/0/6b502033/XL/369A0051b-XL.jpg
I rather enjoyed this snapshot, and hope that you will do the same. Feeding while cohabitating requires close supervision, but these particular specimens are usually quite good about it.