Butterfly vipers are bred domestically and sold online in the exotic pet trade.
Butterfly vipers are bred domestically and sold online in the exotic pet trade. Although most people would never see the butterfly viper in the wild, there are many who breed this extremely dangerous animal domestically.
Butterfly vipers can be purchased online. Listings have been found for baby vipers for $75.00 plus shipping and $125.00 for adult snakes.
• Image | © Josh More, Some Rights Reserved (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
• Sources | (Firehouse, 2003; Lipsett, 2003)
