One of the many things I love about wildlife photography is finding an animal to photograph that is so interesting it’s hard to take your eye off of them. One of such creature that I photographed during my recent trip to Costa Rica was the Vine Snake (Oxybelis fulgidus). The intensity of green color in this snakes scales is like nothing I’ve seen before. Not necessarily evident in this photo is that the shape of its head is nearly identical to the most common leaf shape in Costa Rica making it well camouflaged. This camouflage helps it hide from predators and hunt other animals. This is certainly one of the more amazing animals I’ve seen let alone photographed.
Vine Snake (Oxybelis fulgidus), Costa Rica
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Superb photo of the snake. I love photograph a lot for its colour, catch light, bokeh and composition. We too have this vine snake in India. You will be amazed that in one of the states it is named as a `snake that pricks your eyes’. Its myth. I love snake photography and I love educating people about snakes and snakebite. My wife and me run a self-funded project in India, its the Snake Cell – SAVING INNOCENT SNAKES, IGNORANT PEOPLE. In fact, I have a Blog for snake photography and also I have added few things on my website.
Its nice to know someone who does snake photography !
@Capt Suresh Thanks for the comment. Snakes have long been at the source of many myths so it doesn’t surprise me to learn of the eye pricking myth. If you want to see some truly stellar photos of reptiles be sure to check out the web site of Michael D. Kern