White African Bush Viper

African bush viper leaf viper variable bush viper green bush viper common bush viper.
White african bush viper. This snake can be yellow red or bright green. West and central africa. Their scientific name comes from the greek words meaning hairy and tailed. It also is found from northwestern tanzania southward to northwestern angola as well as on the island formerly fernando po.
West african bush viper. The african spiny bush viper the spiny bush vipers live in most of africa there in the congo uganda and kenya. The african bush viper is a relatively small snake reaching only about 2 feet in length. Their venom is hemotoxic which means it destroys red blood cells and does much tissue damage.
That s why it is sometimes known as the variable bush. An african bush viper is a rough scaled highly venomous viper. Spiny bush vipers are part of class reptilia and are native to central africa. There habit is in the rain forests and rarely in the wooded parts of.
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. It is known for its extremely keeled dorsal scales that give it a bristly appearance what others are saying. Spiny bush viper atheris hispida also called the rough scaled bush viper hairy bush viper. This is an abundant forest bush viper from nigeria to western kenya.
They range from about 1ft to 3ft in size. Native to western africa they are a bright forest green color from head to tail. There 18 inches to 23 6 inches the weight is between 2 kilograms and 4 kilograms. These spiny scaled venomous snakes are relatively small and get their name from the keeled scales on their bodies.
They can be found in tropical regions like rainforests. 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. They include the following. They are variable in color.
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. 10 20 years possibly longer in captivity. It is a venomous viper species endemic to central africa.