Thai mock viper (Psammodynastes pulver) eye change mimicry.

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Thai mock viper (Psammodynastes pulver) eye change mimicry.

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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1 ... .1420/full

Interesting article: Maybe should have posted in Reading Room.
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Interesting, though I have to say that - in my opinion - here in Taiwan the mock viper doesn't do a very good job of mimicking the local pitvipers. Perhaps in a million or so more years of evolution, but not quite yet! That said, I've seen a few with their heads bashed in, so either they actually did fool some people into mistaking them for pitvipers - which did not end well for them - or else they just had the bad luck to cross paths with those intent on killing snakes of any description.
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Even in California hundreds of gopher snakes are killed because they "look" like rattlesnakes. And you know that forked tongue is poisonous "right" ????
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