The foothills of the central range provides the ideal habitat for the venomous mapepire (fer-de-lance) snake, and some interesting spiders. The tropical rainforest of Trinidad play host to many varieties of spiders, lizards, snakes, frogs and other reptiles. I thought all snakes laid eggs but the mapepire gives birth to baby mapepire.
A Mapipire Balsain killed during maintenance. I counted 34 young snakes in her stomach.
Another view of the baby snakes in their sacks.
That's amazing. It's really a delicate balance out there!
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