Africa is home to two deadly snakes, the black mamba and the Gaboon viper. These snakes differ in size, venom, and behavior.

The biggest differences between a Gaboon viper and a mongoose include their morphology and size. The Gaboon viper is a snake with a large, leaf-shaped head featuring two small horns above its ...

He’s no snake charmer. A 27-year-old Staten Island man was hospitalized after his illegal pet, a highly-poisonous East African gaboon viper, literally bit the hand that feeds it, police said … ...

The Gaboon viper is the largest of its kind in all of Africa at more than 6 feet long and 45 pounds. ... but it can mimic the deadly viper’s beige-and-brown speckled head.

A pair of baby eyelash vipers are entwined on a perch at the Staten Island Zoo in this June 26, ... he was bit by his pet Sub-Saharan Gaboon viper and cut off the reptile's head. ...

The 27-year-old man was cleaning the fish tank where the Gaboon viper lived Friday night in the Bronx, police said. The snake bit him and didn't let go, so the man cut the snake's head off, police ...

Gaboon viper The gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica) is the epitome of creepy. Its enormous, triangular head, strangely blunt snout, and strange leaf-like markings make it appear to be cobbled together ...

An analysis of 10 Gaboon vipers and 16 Congolese giant toads from museum collections revealed that the toad’s body resembles the viper’s head in color pattern and size.

Ian Ferreira of St. Lucia Birding Tours took to Facebook to post several images of the 5-foot Gaboon viper he encountered while out walking around St. Lucia in South Africa.

HOUSTON — When keepers at the Houston Zoo noticed that Cookie the Gaboon viper wasn't acting like her usual self, they took action. They brought the venomous snake to Gulf Coast Veterinary ...