[97] White Variable Bush Viper Herunterladen

These beautiful vipers have the keeled scales that are common for bush vipers and also come in many gorgeous colorations.

[64] White Variable Bush Viper . At ultimate exotics we may not do loads of venomous reptiles but we do have a passion for a number of venomous species and the variable bush viper atheris squamigera is one of them. The variable bush viper also referred to as the squam is a small attractive arboreal viper from central africa. Feeding variable bush vipers and lessor sunda island pit vipers.

The head is thickly covered with keeled imbricate scales. The head is broad and flat distinct from the neck. At an adult length of 16 to 22 inches males are the smaller sex.

The body color is quite variable ranging from uniform green to red yellow blue black orange or any combination of these colors. Their distribution extends from ivory coast and ghana eastward through southern nigeria to cameroon southern central african republic gabon congo dr congo northern angola uganda tanzania and western kenya. Bush vipers are commonly found in the forests and are arboreal meaning they live in the trees.

It also is found from northwestern tanzania southward to northwestern angola as well as on the island formerly fernando po. The variable bush viper is a venomous snake that can be found in west and central africa only. The mouth has a very large gape.

1 description 2 common names. A bush viper is an ovoviviparous species. Green bush viper variable bush viper leaf viper hallowell s green tree viper and others is a venomous viper species endemic to west and central africa.

Bush vipers prey on amphibians lizards rodents and sometimes snails slugs insects birds and other snakes. Females vary from 20 to 28 inches in length but have been authenticated at 32 inches. Atheris squamigera is an arboreal venomous snake.

It is an arboreal living on the tree viper that prefers rainforests due to the fact that it gets covered by several flowering bushes. Bush vipers are small vipers from the group atheris. Fields viper white tailed lanceheads.

Atheris squamigera common names. No subspecies are currently recognized. Sahara sand vipers and russell s vipers duration.

They re native across central africa and grow from 24 29 inches. This is an abundant forest bush viper from nigeria to western kenya.