Gaboon Adder
(Bitis gabonica)
Familie: Vipers (Viperidae)
Orden: Squamates or Scaly Reptiles (Squamata)		 Click to see large distribution map

Size:  Usually about 1.00 m, but from West Africa specimens measuring over 2.00 m have been recorded, weighing 8.5 kg.
Distribution:  Tropical Africa, from Guinea east to Sudan, south to Angola and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.





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