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Bitis heraldica venomous viper species endemic to Angola .[1] [3] B. caudalis [4] No subspecies are currently recognized.[3] [5]
Taxonomy
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Its common names include Angolan adder [4] [6] Bocage's horned adder .[5]
Description
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The maximum recorded total length (body + tail) is 405 mm (15.9 in ).[4]
Distribution and habitat
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It is found on the high plateau of central Angola .[2]
The type locality given is "sur les bords de la rivière Calae, l'un des affluents de Cunene, entre le 13o o Caconda." [Calai River (tributary of the Kunene ), Cacanda, Angola.[2]
It commonly inhabits rocky mountain slopes.[4]
Behavior
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Nothing is known of its behavior, as less than 20 specimens have ever been collected.[4]
Venom
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Nothing is known of the venom composition, and no bites have ever been recorded.[4]
References
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^ a b Bitis heraldica Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 4 February 2022.
^ a b c d e f Spawls S, Branch B . 1995. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa . Ralph Curtis Books. Dubai: Oriental Press. 192 pp. ISBN 0-88359-029-8
^ a b "Bitis heraldica " . Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 4 February 2022 .
^ Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers . Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2 .
Further reading
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Bocage JVB du . 1889. Mélanges erpétologiques. II. Sur une Vipère apparemment nouvelle d'Angola. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa, Segunda Série 1 Vipera heraldica, nov. sp. )
Bitis heraldica
Vipera heraldica
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
