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Gaboon Viper
Bitis gabonica Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
Bitis gabonica, the Gaboon viper, is a large heavy African venomous viper with the longest fangs of any venomous snake.
Rhinoceros Viper
Bitis nasicornis (Shaw & Nodder, 1792)
Bitis nasicornis is a stout viper species native to West and Central African forests, with distinctive nasal horn-like scales and live birth.
Peringuey's Adder
Bitis peringueyi (Boulenger, 1888)
Bitis peringueyi is a small venomous viper with a documented physical description found in arid dune habitats of southwestern and northern Africa.
Red Adder
Bitis rubida Branch, 1997
Bitis rubida is a small viper species with several isolated populations found in Western Cape Province, South Africa.
Berg Adder
Bitis atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bitis atropos is a small viper found in isolated southern African mountain populations, that is viviparous and prefers cool wet habitats.
Horned Adder
Bitis caudalis (Smith, 1839)
Bitis caudalis, the horned adder, is a small stout viper native to arid regions of southwest Africa.
Many-horned Adder
Bitis cornuta (Daudin, 1803)
Bitis cornuta, the many-horned adder, is a small stout viper with horn-like scales above eyes, found in southwestern African rocky habitats.
Western Gaboon Viper
Bitis rhinoceros (Schlegel, 1855)
Bitis rhinoceros is a West African viper identifiable by its horn-like enlarged nasal scales, differing from related species in pattern and markings.
African Bush Viper
Atheris squamigera Hallowell, 1854
Atheris squamigera is a widely distributed viviparous viper found in rainforests of West and central Africa.
Meadow Viper
Vipera ursinii (Bonaparte, 1835)
Vipera ursinii, Europe's smallest viper, has defined physical traits and a restricted, declining range in Europe.
Seoane's Viper
Vipera seoanei Lataste, 1879
Vipera seoanei is a polymorphic viper species native to southwestern France and northern Iberia.
Lataste's Viper
Vipera latastei Bosca, 1878
Vipera latastei is a horn-nosed viper found in southwestern Europe and northwestern Africa.
Asp Viper
Vipera aspis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vipera aspis (Linnaeus, 1758), is a venomous viper species native to parts of Western and Southern Europe.
Nose-horned Viper
Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vipera ammodytes (horned sand viper) is a venomous snake with a characteristic snout horn, found across southern and southeastern Europe to western Asia. It is ovoviviparous.
Nikolsky's Viper
Vipera nikolskii Vedmederya, Grubant & Rudajewa, 1986
Vipera nikolskii is a short thick-bodied viper found across parts of Eastern Europe.
Steppe Viper
Vipera renardi (Christoph, 1861)
Vipera renardi is a venomous ovoviviparous viper endemic to Eastern Europe and Asia with five recognized subspecies.
Vipera walser Ghielmi, Menegon, Marsden, Laddaga & Ursenbacher, 2016
Vipera walser Ghielmi, Menegon, Marsden, Laddaga & Ursenbacher, 2016
Vipera walser is a viper species similar to Vipera berus, endemic to a small restricted area in the Italian Western Alps.
Adder
Vipera berus (Linnaeus, 1758)
This is a detailed description of the Eurasian viper Vipera berus, covering its morphology, distribution, habitat, and reproduction.
Levantine Viper
Macrovipera lebetinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Macrovipera lebetinus, the blunt-nosed viper, is a large viper with a broad triangular head and blunt snout, found across parts of Afro-Eurasia.
Saw-scaled Viper
Echis carinatus (Schneider, 1801)
Echis carinatus, or the saw-scaled viper, is an endemic Asian viper described here with physical traits, range, habitat, and reproduction details.
Palestine Saw-scaled Viper
Echis coloratus Günther, 1878
Echis coloratus is a viper species found in rocky deserts across the Middle East and North Africa, reaching 75 cm in maximum total length.
Oman Saw-scaled Viper
Echis omanensis Babocsay, 2004
The Oman saw-scaled viper (Echis omanensis) is a venomous viper found in eastern Oman and the United Arab Emirates.
Ottoman Viper
Montivipera xanthina (Gray, 1849)
Montivipera xanthina is a viper found in rocky humid areas of Greece and Turkey, with a distinctive dorsal black zig-zag stripe.
Yucatecan Cantil
Agkistrodon russeolus Gloyd, 1972
Agkistrodon russeolus is a Yucatán Peninsula pit viper with described physical traits, distribution and habitat.
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