Evolution

This snake won't be batting its eyelashes at you coquettishly.

This beautiful snake is an eyelash pit viper (Bothriechis schlegelii). Found from southern Mexico to northern South America, this arboreal viper loves a variety of habitats: from tropical lowlands to high elevation cloud forests. They feed on small birds, amphibians, and reptiles.

These vipers rarely move to the ground, prefering to hang in the branches of trees. So watch out if you're moving through the forest and reach for a vine. You don't want to grab one of these!

Photo courtesy of:

http://www.hidephotography.com/getpage.php?pg=search&sr=Dendrobates+auratus

Sources:

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Bothriechis_schlegelii/