27+ White Variable Bush Viper
The head is thickly covered with keeled imbricate scales.
White variable bush viper. The variable bush viper is a venomous snake that can be found in west and central africa only. 1 description 2 common names. Sahara sand vipers and russell s vipers duration. These beautiful vipers have the keeled scales that are common for bush vipers and also come in many gorgeous colorations. The mouth has a very large gape. 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. From olive greens to slate gray blue oranges yellows and reds there are more colours able to be found than not.
Females vary from 20 to 28 inches in length but have been authenticated at 32 inches. Bush vipers are small vipers from the group atheris. Atheris squamigera is an arboreal venomous snake. They re native across central africa and grow from 24 29 inches. This is an abundant forest bush viper from nigeria to western kenya. The female carries her unborn babies internally which protects them in their pre birth stage. Fields viper white tailed lanceheads.
Feeding variable bush vipers and lessor sunda island pit vipers. Bush vipers prey on amphibians lizards rodents and sometimes snails slugs insects birds and other snakes. The body color is quite variable ranging from uniform green to red yellow blue black orange or any combination of these colors. The head is broad and flat distinct from the neck. Bush vipers are commonly found in the forests and are arboreal meaning they live in the trees. At an adult length of 16 to 22 inches males are the smaller sex. 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.
It also is found from northwestern tanzania southward to northwestern angola as well as on the island formerly fernando po. The variable bush viper also referred to as the squam is a small attractive arboreal viper from central africa. Atheris squamigera common names. No subspecies are currently recognized. A bush viper is an ovoviviparous species.