 加蓬膨蝰 加蓬膨蝰
Fame: gaboon viper
Family: Viperidae (viperinae)
Distribution: tropical Africa; inhabit the rainforest and woodland.
Habits: This species is quite famous serpent, grown in pristine rainforest and woodland, the action is quite slow, gentle and less active attacks, usually motionless, waiting for the lack of alertness mice, squirrels, and even a small antelope or porcupines and other prey fingertips. Expansion when frightened body, issued a hiss like a deflated tire ~ ~ hiss sound, will hide in leaf litter ambush prey to mammals or birds for food, its fangs extremely long, up to 5 cm, one can Many inject a lot of venom, was bitten and death reports. Are diurnal nature of viviparous snakes, each can lay 12 to 60 snake.
Morphology: brown, gray, purple geometric pattern and a large leaf-shaped head, making the Gabon viper swelling cleverly hidden in the leaves to the pile. This is the largest and heaviest viper Africa, Gabon viper swelling has two subspecies: distributed in East Africa, East Africa and Central Africa, Gabon viper expansion of (bitis gabonica gabonica, namely the figure) and distributed in Gabon, West Africa West Africa expansion viper ( bitis gabonica rhinoceros, namely the figure below). Its resolution methods are: swelling after East Africa Gabon viper's eye black stripes now more than a light-colored vertical stripes, in addition to expansion in West Africa Gabon viper viper's snout cornute much longer than in East Africa Gabon swelling. Short body fat broad flat head large triangle made clear, significant weight and size and quite heavy compared to other viper, nose had two horns like protrusions, up to two meters in length. |
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