(Liste) White African Bush Viper
West african bush viper.
White african bush viper. They are variable in color. African bush viper leaf viper variable bush viper green bush viper common bush viper. They include the following. Native to western africa they are a bright forest green color from head to tail. The african bush viper also known as the bush viper spiny bush viper hairy bush viper horned bush viper and indonesian autumn adder are venomous snakes and belong to the genus atheris. An african bush viper is a rough scaled highly venomous viper. West and central africa.
This is an abundant forest bush viper from nigeria to western kenya. These things are like the coolest ever african bush viper sadly they d probably kill you if you tried to have it as a pet. That s why it is sometimes known as the variable bush. Spiny bush vipers are part of class reptilia and are native to central africa. It also is found from northwestern tanzania southward to northwestern angola as well as on the island formerly fernando po. The african spiny bush viper the spiny bush vipers live in most of africa there in the congo uganda and kenya. They can be found in tropical regions like rainforests.
These spiny scaled venomous snakes are relatively small and get their name from the keeled scales on their bodies. It is known for its extremely keeled dorsal scales that give it a bristly appearance what others are saying. There habit is in the rain forests and rarely in the wooded parts of. It is an arboreal living on the tree viper that prefers rainforests due to the fact that it gets covered by several flowering bushes. Incredibly for a snake with a relatively small range it is along with the puff adder often cited as being responsible for the highest number of snakebite related fatalities in africa. Their scientific name comes from the greek words meaning hairy and tailed. Also known as the ocellated carpet viper echis ocellatus the west african carpet viper is endemic to the countries of west africa.
The african bush viper is a relatively small snake reaching only about 2 feet in length. 10 20 years possibly longer in captivity. There 18 inches to 23 6 inches the weight is between 2 kilograms and 4 kilograms. Spiny bush viper atheris hispida also called the rough scaled bush viper hairy bush viper. It is a venomous viper species endemic to central africa. An african bush viper is a rough scaled highly venomous viper.