Gaboon Viper

                                        (Bitis gabonica)

     The Gaboon Viper is a venomous snake. Its bite is very harmful and - in very few cases - fatal to humans. It is part of the pit viper family (which is introduced on the "additional pit viper info" page).

Kingdom:   Animalia
                                                                            
Phylum:   Chordata                                                         
                                                            
Class:   Reptilia

Order:   Squamata

Family:   Viperidae

Genus:   Bitis

Species:    gabonica