Photoblog of captive vipers, pit-vipers and wild Swiss snakes photographed in the field.
Additional photos, videos and information are posted on the SwissVipers instagram and facebook page.

Porthidium nasutum, Rainforest hog-nosed pit viper, Stülpnasen-Lanzenotter

Female rainforest hog-nosed pit viper, Porthidium nasutum, native to Costa Rica, in ambush among leaf litter.
Female rainforest hog-nosed pit viper, Porthidium nasutum, native to Costa Rica, in ambush among leaf litter.

Atheris squamigera, Variable bush viper, Grüne Buschviper

Bothriechis schlegelii, Eyelash viper, Greifschwanz-Lanzenotter (adult female)

Trimeresurus (Parias) schultzei, Schultze's pit viper, Schultzes Bambusotter

Crotalus lepidus klauberi, Banded rock rattlesnake, Felsen-Klapperschlange

Bothrops b. bilineatus, Two-striped forest-pitviper, Grüne Jararaca (juvenile)

Cerastes vipera, Sahara sand viper, Avicennaviper

Bothrops pauloensis, Black-faced Lancehead, São Paulo Lanzenotter

Atheris squamigera, Variable bush viper, Grüne Buschviper

Thelotornis capensis, Savanna vine snake, Kap-Vogelnatter

Tropidolaemus wagleri, Wagler's pit viper, Tempelotter (immature female, Malaysia)

Tropidolaemus wagleri, waglers pit viper, juvenile female

Bothrops asper, Terciopelo lancehead, Terciopelo-Lanzenotter (juvenile, Ecuador)

Crotalus atrox, Western diamondback rattlesnake, Texas-Klapperschlange (Albino)

Trimeresurus gumprechti, Gumprecht's pit viper, Gumprechts Bambusotter

Protobothrops mangshanensis, Mangshan pit viper, Mangshanviper

Trimeresurus mangshanensis, Zaohermia mangshanensis, Mangshan Pit Viper, Mangshanviper, Protobothrops manghanensis

Agkistrodon bilineatus, Mexican cantil, Mexikanische Mokassinotter

Vipera latastei gaditana, Lataste's viper, Stülpnasenotter (born 22. July 2018)

Vipera berus, Adder, Kreuzotter (St. Gallen, Switzerland)

Vipera cf. renardi, Steppe viper, Steppenotter

Atheris squamigera, Variable bush viper, Grüne Buschviper (2-month old juvenile)

Vipera kaznakovi, Caucasian viper, Kaukasusotter

Agkistrodon bilineatus, Mexican cantil, Mexikanische Mokassinotter

Atheris squamigera, Variable bush viper, Grüne Buschviper

Agkistrodon contortrix pictigaster, Trans-Pecos copperhead, Kupferkopf

Vipera latastei gaditana, Lataste's viper, Stülpnasenotter

Boiga cyanea, Green cat snake, Grüne Katzennatter

Boiga multomaculata, Many-spotted cat snake, Gefleckte Katzennatter

Boiga ceylonesis, Sri Lanka cat snake, Sri Lanka Katzennatter