Eyelash vipers were thought to be one widely distributed species that came in a lot of colors, but they’re actually more like five to nine different snakes that each come in a rainbow of colors...even within the same litter... so, how does that work? Subscribe to the pin club here: https://complexly.store/products/bizarre-beasts-pin-subscription This month's pin is designed by David Goodson. You can find out more about them and their work here: www.goodsondesigns.com You can cancel any time by emailing hello@dftba.com Follow us on socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/bizarrebeasts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bizarrebeastsshow/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BizarreBeastsShow/ #BizarreBeasts #snakes #eyelashviper ----- Sources: https://phys.org/news/2024-02-began-dazzling-species-eyelash-vipers.html https://evolsyst.pensoft.net/article/114527/ https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Bothriechis_schlegelii/ https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/eyelash-palm-pitviper https://etd.auburn.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10415/222/SORRELL_GEOFFREY_16.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article/135/4/652/6539927 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.03.017 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s004420050569 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262858258_Colour-polymorphic_snake_species_are_older https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13059-023-02887-z https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/new-understanding-reptile-colouration-344812 https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2016/september/study-sheds-light-on-snake-vision.html https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/abstract/S0169-5347(06)00335-1 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/mec.12935 https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/pdf/2486599 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.17338 ------ Images: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p8LtiG5-yFE3Dd0hGcuC8a03lPyrngUGFODqdrfavxY/edit