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Dipsas Display

            Dipsas vermiculata - Cordillera Escalera Conservation Area, Peru

This snake was a very welcome find one rainy day as myself and my labmate searched for Ranitomeya variabilis.  We were checking bromeliads up in the cloud forest for the poison frogs with limited success and I peeked into yet another bromeliad and saw this snake nestled in among the axils, it was actually partially submerged in the water that had accumulated in there.  Dipsas are always a cool species to see, they are often quite gorgeous and I never get tired of seeing the different species with different patterns.  Like all Dipsas sp. this one feeds on slugs and snail which are abundant in the wet epiphyte laden forest of the mountains.  

It emerged from the bromeliad and put on a bit of a show for us flattening its head and trying to look intimidating.  This is a common technique for snakes to appear bigger and more threatening.  Perhaps this would have been successful but we knew that not only are Dipsas harmless in terms of possessing no venom they're also very mild mannered snakes that are extremely reluctant to bite even when handled.  After the photo session it was guided back into its original hiding place and it happily coiled up in the axils.

Taken on: June 12, 2016

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Camera: Nikon D810, f/22.0, 1/250 sec, 105mm, ISO 640 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D810
Lens:	105.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/22.0
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	105mm
ISO:	640
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	On, Return not detected
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7.1 (Windows)
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