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The Fire-lipped Keelback (Rhabdophis murudensis) is a rare snake known only from the higher mountains of northern Borneo. When threatened, it has the remarkable ability to exude a white milky venom from the back of its neck as a defensive mechanism. Gunung Kinabalu National Park, Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo).

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The Fire-lipped Keelback (Rhabdophis murudensis) is a rare snake known only from the higher mountains of northern Borneo. When threatened, it has the remarkable ability to exude a white milky venom from the back of its neck as a defensive mechanism. Gunung Kinabalu National Park, Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo).