![]() ![]() "Comparative phylogeography of West African amphibians and reptiles". "The Dahomey Gap: an abrupt climatically induced rain forest fragmentation in West Africa during the late Holocene". ^ Salzmann, Ulrich Hoelzmann, Philipp (2005).Archived from the original on July 17, 2006. "Comparative Phylogeography of Reptiles and Amphibians in West Africa". Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. ^ a b c d Bitis rhinoceros at the Reptile Database.Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. ![]() Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Togo, together with Benin and at least eastern Ghana, are part of a larger region known as the Dahomey Gap a relatively dry region that separates the rainforests of West Africa from those of Central Africa. Residents of Ota, a small community in Ogun State, Southwestern Nigeria sighted one in 2022. rhinoceros does not include Togo, but that there has been at least one report of a specimen found there. The distribution map they provide indicates that the general range for B. Īccording to Spawls & Branch (1995), Ghana and Togo are at the eastern limit of the range of this subspecies, and they begin to intergrade here with B. rhinoceros is found in West Africa from Togo west to Guinea and possibly to Guinea-Bissau, including the intervening countries ( Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, and Sierra Leone). gabonica, the dark triangular marking leading back from the eye towards the angle of the mouth is divided. gabonica has no such enlarged nasal "horns", and is overall somewhat smaller than B. nasicornis has a brighter color pattern and a narrower head. This is a characteristic that it shares with a close relative, B. Description Close-up of the headīitis rhinoceros has a distinctive set of enlarged nasal scales that look like a pair of horns on its nose. gabonica by the presence of two large nasal "horns". It can be easily distinguished from the closely related species B. Common names: West African Gaboon viper, Gabino viper īitis rhinoceros is a viper species endemic to West Africa. ![]()
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