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 * Kingdom: || Animalia ||
 * Phylum: || Chordata ||
 * Subphylum: || Vertebrata ||
 * Class: || Reptilia ||
 * Order: || Squamata ||
 * Suborder: || Serpentes ||
 * Family: || Viperidae ||
 * Subfamily: || Crotalinae ||
 * Genus: || //Bothriechis// ||

**// General Facts //**
Eyelash Vipers are a small species of snake at 75cm maximum length. The female eyelash Vipers are slightly bigger than the males. Their head is a triangular shape and they have fangs that fold back in there mouth when not in use. They can have several different scale colours like pink, green and yellow. They are known by their distinctive 'eyelashes' above their eyes. Eyelash Vipers have traveled around the world in banana shipments and are popular in zoos and the tropical pet trade.

// The Eyelash Viper Young //
The Eyelash Viper Young are about 6-8 inches long. The young are born with good climbing skills so they can follow their mother without needing help. When young are trying to get there prey they will wiggle their tail an them to attract them until they are in strinking range and then attack them (sometimes adults use this method too).

// Breeding //
Eyelash Vipers use their sense of smell to find a potentail mate. When the female Eyelash Vipers have babies, they usually give birth to 10-12 babies once a year. The young stay with their mother for 2 months and from then the mother slowly seperates from them until they are completley independent. They are already born with their full colours.

**// Habitat //**
Eyelash Vipers are originally from Central America in rainforests.They prefer a low altitude, high humid climate with dense foliage, and they like to have a permanant water source nearby e.g) a lake/river/pond. They like to hide in trees just above ground and wait for there prey to pass. Sometimes they even wait for several days in the same spot for something to pass. Eyelash Vipers are commonly found in moist areas.

**// Diet //**
Eyelash vipers commonly eat small lizards and frogs and sometimes the occasional mammal. They are slim snakes so they do not require too much food as they will become fat.

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