Japanese Pit Viper
by Dr. Nick Kurzenko/science Photo Library
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Japanese Pit Viper
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Dr. Nick Kurzenko/science Photo Library
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Japanese pit viper (Gloydius, formerly Agkistrodon, blomhoffi) moving across rocks. This venomous, nocturnal snake has a broad triangular head that contains heat-sensitive organs, which take the form of small pits. These organs contain membranes sensitive to infrared radiation, so the snake can detect prey whose body temperatures are as little as a fraction of a degree higher or lower then the surrounding envionment. This snake is known as mamushi in Japanese. Photographed in Kedrovaja Pad Nature Reserve, Primorsky Territory, Russia.
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October 2nd, 2018
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