[Frank Coppola]

A habu is a poisonous snake found in southeast Asia (Japan, Phillipines, Taiwan, southeast China).


It is a pit viper, more closely related to the adder than to any species of North American snake. The actual "habu" (Trimeresurus flavoviridis) is relatively small, not usually getting longer than 5 feet. They are not typically aggressive but will bite if provoked. They are not as dangerous as cobras or mambas, but are more dangerous than the North American rattlesnake and much more dangerous than copperheads or water moccasins. There are almost a dozen species of habu; the variety native to Okinawa (Trimeresurus okinavensis) is supposedly greenish or greenish-yellow; however, all habus are extremely rare in North America (less than a dozen specimens in all zoos combined) and photographs are very hard to come by.


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