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    Species Accepted

    Bitis gabonica (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

    Gaboon Adder
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Bitis
    IUCNVulnerable

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 1 country or island

      1 result
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      South AfricaNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      19 results
      Gaboenadder Afrikaans
      Gabon engereği Turkish
      Gabonviper Norwegian Bokmål
      Gaboon Adder English
      Gaboon Viper English
      Gabunviper German
      Skoenlapperadder Afrikaans
      Vipera del Gabon Italian
      Vipère du Gabon French
      Víbora de Gabón Spanish

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      2 results
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      110 results
      Dumeril, A. M. C., Bibron, G. & Dumeril, A. H. A. (1854) Erpetologie Generale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol. 7. Premiere Partie & Deuxieme Partie. Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, xi + xvi + 780 pp. & xii + 756 pp. (numbered 781 - 1536). https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 118797 Published in
      Broadley, D. G. and Parker, R. H. (1976). Natural hybridization between the puff adder and gaboon viper in Zululand (Serpentes: Viperidae). Durban Museum Novitates 11, 77-83.
      Pietersen, Darren, Verburgt, Luke, Davies, & John. (2021). Snakes and other reptiles of Zambia and Malawi. Struik Nature / Penguin Random House South Africa, 376 Pp., ISBN 9781775847373.
      Lyakurwa, J., Loader, S., Ngalason, W., Gumbs, R., Ofori-Boateng, C. and Liedtke, H. (2024). Kimboza, a Small Lowland Forest With an Outstanding Herpetofauna Diversity in East Africa. Ecol Evol, 14: E70406.
      Schröter MD, Matthias, Dietrich Mack MD, & Rainer Laufs MD. (2003). Severe gastroenteritis due to Pseudomonas aerugibosa in eight captive born Gaboon Vipers (Bitis gabonica). Litteratura Serpentium 23 (2): 30-40.
      Ota, H., & Hikida, T. (1987). On a small collection of lizards and snakes from Cameroon, West Africa. African Study Monographs 8 (2): 111-123.
      Pezzano, V. (1986). Reproduction of Bitis gabonica rhinoceros (Schlegel, 1855) in captivity. Litteratura Serpentium 6 (2): 56-65.
      Rasmussen, J. B. (1981). The snakes from the rainforest of the Usambara Mountains, Tanzania: a checklist and key. Salamandra 17 (3-4): 173-188.
      Hoogmoed, M. S. (1980). Herpetologische waarnemingen in Ghana [part 7]. Lacerta 38 (9): 88-95.
      Pitman, C. R. S. (1974). A guide to the snakes of Uganda. Codicote, Wheldon & Wesley, L., 290 Pp.

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