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Woodland Park Zoo - Seattle, Washington, USA
This picture was taken at the National Zoo in Washington DC
snake in the world. The West African
Brown snake with small horn on it's nose, and leaf shaped spots on it's back.
B. g. rhinoceros has a distinctive set of enlarged nasal scales that look like ...
Bitis gabonica, commonly known as the
The color pattern consists of a series of pale, subrectangular blotches running ...
(like the gaboon and rhino vipers) reach a ...
pattern in general and on head in particular - we were told it was some sort ...
Bitis gabonica is a venomous viper species found in the rainforests and ...
Adults average 122–152 cm (4 to 5 feet) in total length (body + tail) with a ...
A venomous viper species. Adults average 122–152 cm (4 to 5 feet) in length ...