Malabar Pit Viper – A Perfect Camouflage

Photographer’s remarks

This Malabar pit viper was basking in the morning sunlight on a fallen tree branch covered with mosses and lichens in Katlekan fresh water swamp forests. It was so perfectly camouflaged with the surrounding vegetation that only when we reached very close we could realize that it was a Malabar pit viper in a aggressive striking pose.