Atheris squamigera, common names: green bush viper, variable bush viper, leaf viper and others, is a venomous viper species that can be found in West and central Africa: Ivory Coast and Ghana, eastward through southern Nigeria to Cameroon, southern Central African Republic, Gabon, Congo, DR Congo, northern Angola, Uganda, Tanzania (Rumanika Game Reserve), western Kenya and Bioko Island. . No subspecies are currently recognized. It’s truly a miraculously beautiful snake.
Habitat preference: Found mostly in rain forest. Said to prefer relatively low and thick, flowering bushes.
Venom: Bites from this particular species have resulted in at least one report of severe hematological complications as well as two deaths.
This snake is one of my favorite counterpoints to the argument that fantasy species should only have a few colors in their gene pool, though on the same note they still shouldn’t be LITERALLY ANY COLOR EVER.
However I’m pretty sure the rainbow one (the second to last) is photoshopped. The rest are real though and show how much color diversity a single species can have.