#gloydius

[snototter]

A short-tailed mamushi (Gloydius brevicauda) preys on a Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra mutilans) in Korea

by Jean-Jacques Strydom

[herpsandbirds]

Ussuri Pit Viper (Gloydius ussuriensis), family Viperidae, and a Chinese Red-headed Centipede (Scolopendra mutilans), family Scolopendridae, have a chance meeting on a mud flat on Jeju Island, South Korea

Venomous (both).

photograph by lhurteau

[wild-e-eep]

A rather imperious mamushi - Gloydius blomhoffii - swimming about in a pond just ouside of Kyoto.

[exotic-venom]

(Gloydius himalayanus) Himalayan pitviper

Mainly found in forest & rocky areas in high mountains at 1,500-5,000 m elevation, in the Himalayan & nearby mountains of southern Asia. 

Mainly hemotoxic. Symptoms may include immediate burning pain, blood blisters, & edema. Victims generally recover within a few days. Human fatalities from envenomation by this species are not common. No known specific antivenom currently produced.

[markunsan]

Mamushi (Gloydius blomhoffii)

[herpsandbirds]

Asian Moccasin aka Chinese Mamushi (Gloydius brevicauda), family Viperidae, Shanghai, China

Venomous.

photographs by Adam Franc

[exotic-venom]

(Gloydius himalayanus) Himalayan pitviper

Mainly hemotoxic. Symptoms may include immediate burning pain, blood blisters, & edema. Victims generally recover within a few days. Human fatalities from envenomation by this species are not common. No known specific antivenom currently produced.

[exotic-venom]

(Gloydius himalayanus) Himalayan pitviper

Mainly terrestrial & mainly nocturnal. Often seen close to hiding place to which it retreats when disturbed. Takes refuge under fallen timber, in crevices in or under rocks, beneath boulders, ledges, stones, & fallen leaves. Usually sluggish & inoffensive; moves slowly. Ovoviviparous (litter size not reported), mainly preys on small mammals (& sometimes birds).