#spilotes

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Amazon Puffing Snake (Spilotes sulphureus), defensive display, family Colubridae, Manaus, Brazil

photograph by Rodrigo Frazão Alves

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Yellow Rat Snake aka Chicken Snake (Spilotes pullatus), Threat Display, family Colubridae, Costa Rica

photograph by Diego Ugalde

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Amazon Puffing Snake (Spilotes sulphureus), defensive display, family Colubridae, Manaus, Brazil

photograph by Rodrigo Frazão Alves

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Yellow-bellied Hissing Snake or Amazon Puffing Snake (Spilotes sulphureus), family Colubridae, French Guiana

photograph by Jungle Merlin

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I’ve probably said this before, but this is seriously my favourite blog! Everything that gets posted makes me smile! Thank you so much for existing!

(As a side note, every time a picture of a snake with a larger throat area (not sure what that’s called), my brain thinks it’s an egg eater at first. Got any of those guys?)

Thank you so much booboo.

Hmmmm, do you mean a snake like this?

Amazon Puffing Snake (Spilotes sulphureus), defensive display, widely distributed across South America and parts of the Caribbean

photograph by Outback Reptiles

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Yellow Rat Snake aka Chicken Snake (Spilotes pullatus), found in Mexico, Central and South America

photograph by Apocalipse1988

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Yellow Rat Snake aka Chicken Snake (Spilotes pullatus), in defensive posture, San Gregorio-Diriamba, Carazo, Nicaragua

I don't wanna say that these snakes are aggressive, but Paxon and I were walking down a forest path in Costa Rica one time, and one jumped out of the tree and bit the shit out of him... just for walking by!!! They have a reputation for being AGGRESSIVELY defensive.

I love them :3

photograph by José Gabriel Martínez-Fonseca

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Big Tiger Rat Snake looking healthy as ever. #tigerratsnake #spilotespullatus #spilotes #colubrid #ryanvincephoto