Sign up for free

Newsletters

Once a month
get new photos
and expert tips.

Photography
Main Photo Galleries Wallpapers Photo of the Day Photographers Photo Tips Buy Prints

Hanuman Snake, Angkor Wat, Cambodia, 1981

Only a foot long and a beautiful emerald green the Hanuman snake is extremely poisonous, often deadly. It is named for the fearless, super-agile leader of the benevolent army of monkeys—"It jumps, it flies, it is skillful like Hanuman in battle."

(Text adapted from and photograph from "The Temples of Angkor: Will They Survive?," May 1982, National Geographic magazine)

Photograph by Wilbur E. Garrett

Sign up for free

Newsletters

Photography

Hanuman Snake, Angkor Wat, Cambodia, 1981

Special Advertising Section

Photo Tip of the Week

Sign up for free

Newsletters

Photography

Hanuman Snake, Angkor Wat, Cambodia, 1981

Special Advertising Section

Enter Sweepstakes

Adventure Videos

Photo Tip of the Week

Long Exposures

Photography DVDs

New Photo Books From National Geographic