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Beautiful Malaysia (16-27)-9-2006

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Common Mock Viper
juvenile
wrote on Oct 1, 2006:
Beautiful shot Jan. Like the curl. I think it is called the "Dusky Mock Viper (psammodynastes pulverulentus)"...a small snake with a short tail. maximum length is about 60cm, with the tail accounting for one-fifth. The head is enlarged and viper-like, with a flat top and vertical sides to the snout. Heavily speckled with darker pigment.

Kwai Loh wrote on Oct 1, 2006:
Yes, it is indeed a psammodynastes pulverulentus, but the name "dusky mock viper" is unknown to me.... This one was very small (less than 15 cm)

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