Range: Neotropical: Southern Mexico to Venezuela and Ecuador
Habitat: Tropical and mountain rain forest, cloud forests; usually found in shrubbery, vine tangles, trees and palms, most adjacent to streams and rivers
The name comes from a patch of bristly scales above each eye that tend to look like eyelashes.
They tend to reach from 22-32 inches in length.
Color has a great variety that usually depends on the geographical origin of snake..
Have a pair of heat-sensitive pits between the eyes and nostrils.
They tend to have very long fangs.
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