Re: Trimeresurus macrolepis
There are not much information about the large-scaled pitviper (Trimeresurus macrolepis) available. According to **** Vissers “Asian Pitvipers” (Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, 2015), it is a small arboreal pit viper from southern India. **** Visser has no personal experience with this snake, so this information is secondhand experience at best.
Quote: “The venom is said to be very weak, and lethal envenomation accidents are unknown.” (**** Visser: “Asian Pitvipers” page 343)
However, this snake is definitely not a beginners snake. It lives in high elevation mountain ranges with really special environmental conditions. Very high humidity, during summer season, temperatures below 25° C (77 ° F), during Winter season night temperatures dropping near freezing point and rising to 20° C (68° F) during day time. So it is a challenge to create this kind of temperature range. There is no record of this snake being kept in Europe according to Mr. Visser.
Roman
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