This comes in handy for guarding a nest — unlike most other vipers, the bushmaster lays eggs in hollowed-out tree buttresses or burrows made by other animals.
In the darkness of night, Hylton has captured images of birds like this quizzical collared scops owl, insects like the Atlas moth and snakes like this white-lipped pit viper.
The live adder regarded the assembled group with a sinister look in its small black eye, and the beautiful brown and jet pattern on its back seemed to intensify with indignation.