Green pit vipers (Trimeresurus) have bright green scales and a venomous bite.They are highly skilled predators often found in tropical forests across Asia.The snake's prey in this case, a brown ...

Pit vipers are generally venomous, but researchers did not provide details on the venom of the new species. An Ovophis zhaoermii, or Guanyinshan mountain pit viper, with lighter coloring.

The rare Mangshan Pit Viper, which is native to the mountains of China, laid a clutch of eggs at the Abilene Zoo. Fewer than 500 of the snakes remain in the wild, ...