Yes! They always left when we were coming close. We were there with a whole student group and had the full equipment to capture venomous snakes (gloves, fishing nets, terrarium). That was the only way to get some good close up pictures. If i had not been on a guided tour for biology students, i would have never found a snake, so dont worry about them! ☺️

Also a pretty beautiful species! What did you do with these animals? I read that there ist not much known about their behaviour and generel life.

Yes! It was pretty good weather and they all came out to sunbathe in the morning. We actually only found them on the way up because the hike is pretty steep and you have to go slow. On the way down we did not see snakes, but it was also getting dark.

Wow! They look so cool.

Really cool! Did you do some more sequencing? And was the phylogenetic group what you expected or did the sequencing form new relationships?