Species of these in Africa include the puff adder & the gaboon viper
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Bitis - Wikipedia  Bitis is a genus of venomous vipers found in Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula. It includes the largest and the smallest vipers in the world. ... GaboonViper.jpg ... Puff adders are found in Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula. Behavior[edit]. Bitis species are known for their behavior of inflating and deflating their...
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Bitis nasicornis - Wikipedia  Bitis nasicornis is a venomous viper species found in the forests of West and Central Africa. ... The rhinoceros viper is one of three species of puff adders. Some reasons these venomous snakes are called puff adders are that, when excited, they have ... This is unlike the Gaboon viper, the largest of the vipers, which uses a...
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Africa's most venomous snakes - Venomous, Poisonous, Dangerous ...  Here are some notably poisonous species of African cobras. ... Common in northeast Africa, (Nile valley, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia), these nocturnal snakes ... With the puff adder, the Gaboon adder has the most dangerous venom of the African vipers. ... This small southern African snake, unlike most vipers, has a major...
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Gaboon Viper, Africa's Deadly and Beautiful viper - Snake Facts  Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica), is an extremely venomous but normally docile ... are the sub-Saharan tropical rain forests and woodlands on the fringes of these forests. ... butterfly adder, Gaboon adder or forest puff adder (not to be confused with the ... accidentally step on the snake, even in that case this species rarely bites.
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Gaboon viper - Wikipedia  Bitis gabonica. Echidna Gabonica A.M.C. Dumril, Bibron & A.H.A. Dumril, 1854. Bitis gabonica  Boulenger, 1896. Cobra gabonica  Mertens, 1937. Bitis gabonica gabonica.  Mertens, 1951. Bi[tis]. javonica Suzuki & Iwanga, 1970. Bitis gabonica  Golay et al., 1993.
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This North African country's cobra was used by its rulers as a symbol ...  Jun 29, 2016 ... It's the landlocked African country formerly known as Bechuanaland # Quiz # ... The African bush shrike is a species of this # Quiz # Question.
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DNR - Eastern Hognose Snake (Heterodon platirhinos)  Working for Wildlife  Plant Species ... When threatened, hognose snakes puff up with air, flatten their necks and bodies, and hiss loudly. (This has led to local names like "puff adder" or "hissing viper. ... numbers have declined in many places, in part due to persecution by humans who mistakenly believe they are dangerous.
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10 Most Venomous Snakes in Africa - Snake Facts  Find some interesting facts about 10 of Africa's most dangerous and most ... The African continent has some of the most dangerous and venomous snakes in the world. ... The Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) is Africa's largest venomous ... to strike, very fast and agile, it can reach speeds of up to 12mph (20 km/h).
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Deadliest Snakes in the World | Outdoor Life  Results 12 - 24 ... The inland taipan is a fast moving Australian snake that hunts in the daytime. ... The blue krait is from Thailand, where it grows up to four and a half .... very interesting and informative..how about the gaboon viper, fer-de-lance...
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Kinkajou - Wikipedia  The kinkajou (Potos flavus) is a rainforest mammal of the family Procyonidae related to olingos, ... The kinkajou's slender five-inch extrudable tongue helps the animal to obtain fruit and to lick nectar from flowers, so that it sometimes acts as a pollinator. ... The kinkajou is distinguished from olingos by its prehensile tail,...
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Okapi - Wikipedia  The okapi is a giraffid artiodactyl mammal native to the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa. ... Male okapis have short, hair-covered horns called ossicones, less than 15 cm (5.9 in) in length. ... in the Early Miocene in Africa, having diverged from the superficially deer-like climacoceratids.
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Kinkajous, Kinkajou Pictures, Kinkajou Facts - National Geographic  The kinkajou also has a prehensile (gripping) tail that it uses much like ... Though many of its features and traits sound like those of a primate, the kinkajou is actually ... They use their long, skinny tongues to slurp honey from a hive, and also to .... Giant River Otter. Giant Squid. Gibbon. Gila Monster. Giraffe. Golden Cowrie.
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The African Bushshrikes: Info and Species Index - AvianWeb  The bushshrikes are smallish African birds that inhabit scrub or open woodland. ... Red-naped Bushshrike, Laniarius ruficeps; Luehder's Bushshrike, Laniarius...
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Which is the most poisonous snake in the world ? | Yahoo Answers  Aug 7, 2006 ... The black mamba is the longest venomous snake in Africa and it ... It is one of the fastest snakes in the world, capable of moving at 10 to 12 mph (16 to 20 km/h). ... is the aggressive black mamba found in the southern part of tropical Africa. ... They can reach top speeds of 10-12 mph (16-19 km/hr) in short...
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10 Most Venomous Snakes in Africa - Snake Facts  The Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) is Africa's largest venomous snake, ... It is considered one of the most dangerous African venomous snakes, ... The snake can spit/spray it's neurotoxic venom with great accuracy at distances up to 3 m long. ... The species accounts for some 60% of all snakebites in the continent.
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Top 10 Deadliest Snakes in the World - Smashing Lists  Many of the world's most venomous snakes have venom that are very straightforward ... poison goes straight for the nerves, attacking the central nervous system and shutting down major organs. ... (Naja mossambica) is a type of cobra, native to Africa. ... The spitting cobra does not often actually bite despite its aggressive...
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The snakes of South Africa, their venom and the treatment of snake ...  She grabbed up the blind terrier, which sensed there was some- thing wrong and was exposed to (he danger of being bitten by jumping about ejo-iledly. Captain Godlortton could see the snake moving through the grass. ..... 10. Cape Cobra, yellow variety-Geel Kapell {Nak, lava). 11, Ringhals or Spitting Snake-Ringhals...
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10 most venomous snakes in Africa - Africa Freak  Jan 8, 2010 ... Ten of the most venomous and most dangerous snakes on the ... Interesting snake facts, great illustrations and multimedia-friendly. ... Despite its name the black mamba is not black, but rather brown/olive or ... the most widespread cobra of tropical and subtropical Africa. ... Has very long fangs (12-18 mm).
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i (heart) odd-toed ungulates: Even-toes  Jul 12, 2012 ... Compared to other African game, warthogs may be diminutive ... last sketches were made in my favorite room - the great hall of mammals .... the keeper explained that male giraffes develop these bumps as ... of rare, long-stemmed, speckled gigantic flowers slowly advancing. ~ Isak Dinesen, Out of Africa.
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Bitis arietans - Wikipedia  Bitis arietans is a venomous viper species found in savannah and grasslands from Morocco ... The species is commonly known as the puff adder, African puff adder, or common puff adder. "arietans" = "striking violently" and is derived from the...
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Pit viper - Wikipedia  The Crotalinae, commonly known as pit vipers, crotaline snakes, or pit adders, are a subfamily ... The groups of snakes represented here include rattlesnakes, lanceheads, and Asian pit vipers. The type genus for this .... In the past, the pit vipers were usually classed as a separate family: the Crotalidae. Today, however, the...