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Gaboon Viper

This is a picture of a Gaboon Viper. Known as the snake with the longest fangs, reaching 2 inches in length. The snake is very good at camouflage.

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The Open Mouth of a Gaboon Viper Snake

Young Gaboon Viper snake in rainforest

Almost perfect camouflage of the Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica), resting on leaves in Zimbabwe, South Africa. Light colored “leaf” near the center is actualy a head of this highly venomous and the largest viper in Africa, which can reach lenght of 2 meters and 20 kg weight. It is responsible for causing the most snakebite fatalities in Africa.

West African Gaboon viper is a viper species found in the rainforests and savannas of sub-Saharan Africa. It is the world's heaviest viperid and it has the longest fangs – up to 2 inches in length, and it has highest venom yield of any snake.

Gaboon Viper eating a rat

Young venomous Gaboon Viper (Bitis gabonica) with forked tongue

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A Gaboon Viper's Skull

Gaboon viper up close and personal

The Horns of a Gaboon Viper

exotic snake head close up

Gaboon Adder (Bitis gabonica), also called the Gaboon Viper, displaying its beautiful camouflage patterns against the dead leaves of the forest floor

Gaboon Adder (Bitis gabonica), also called the Gaboon Viper, displaying its beautiful camouflage patterns against the dead leaves of the forest floor

Name: Gaboon Viper, butterfly adder, forest puff adder, whisper

Name: Gaboon Viper, butterfly adder, forest puff adder, whisper

West African Gaboon viper (Bitis rhinoceros) is a viper species endemic to West Africa. Like all vipers, it is venomous. It has a distinctive set of enlarged nasal scales like a pair of horns on nose.

West African Gaboon viper is a viper species found in the rainforests and savannas of sub-Saharan Africa. It is the world's heaviest viperid and it has the longest fangs – up to 2 inches in length, and it has highest venom yield of any snake.

Gaboon Viper (Bitis gabonica) is a venomous snake native to sub-Saharan Africa.

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