The Mt Kenya Bush Viper (Atheris desaixi) is a venomous snake, found in Kenya.
The Mt Kenya Bush Viper is greenish-black and yellow, with each scale speckled with yellow or yellowish-green spots. It has a bright yellow chin.
Mt Kenya Bush Viper
It can grow to 40-60 centimetres (16-24 inches) long.
It prefers the cooler rainforest climate of Mt Kenya. It is arboreal, which means that it lives in trees, where it is well camoflauged.
It eats frogs, mice, rats, and small birds.
Females produce live young, not eggs, of about 10-13 at a time. The snakelets are about 17 centimetres (7 inches) long.
Mt Kenya Bush Viper
Mt Kenya Bush Viper
Mt Kenya Bush Viper
Mt Kenya Bush Viper
Mt Kenya Bush Viper
Mt Kenya Bush Viper
Mt Kenya Bush Viper
Mt Kenya Bush Viper
Mt Kenya Bush Viper
Mt Kenya Bush Viper
Mt Kenya Bush Viper
Mt Kenya Bush Viper
Mt Kenya Bush Viper
Mt Kenya Bush Viper
Mt Kenya Bush Viper
Photographer: Martina Nicolls
Martina Nicolls: SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM