Animals Reptiles & Amphibians

Wagler's Temple Viper

SCIENTIFIC NAME:

Tropidolaemus wagleri

PROFILE:

Are you looking at a green snake? Wagler’s temple vipers are one of the few snakes that are sexually dichromatic, meaning that males and females are different colors. The males of this venomous species are predominantly green, while the females are black with a yellow speckled pattern.

TYPE OF ANIMAL:

reptile, squamata (snakes and lizards); venomous

NATIVE TO:

southeast Asia

IUCN CONSERVATION STATUS:

not listed

DIET:

carnivore

LIFESPAN:

SOCIAL STATUS:

solitary