The giant pit viper feeds primarily on animals such as rats, frogs, insects or lizards. After understanding what the giant pit viper eats, let's introduce its appearance characteristics.

giant pit vipsbody length 60～70 cm, the head is slightly long triangular, the back is gray-brown to brown, and there is a dark ∧-shaped spot on the back of the head, mixed with black spots. There are large symmetrical scales on the back of the head, cheek sockets in front of the eyes, and two longitudinal round spots on the back of the body. Its body color changes greatly, the back of the head and body changes from gray-brown to earthy red, the head has a black band from the back of the eyes to the corner of the mouth, and there is a black band on the upper edge of the head. Yellow-white fine lines; black and brown round spots alternately arranged on the back of the body; gray-white to gray-dark brown ventral surface with irregular black spots; tail tip black.