Angolan adder
Bitis heraldica
Bitis heraldica is a venomous viper species found only in Angola, easily distinguished from B. caudalis by its heavily speckled belly and lack of any supraocular "horns". No subspecies are currently recognized.
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Range & habitat
It is found on the high plateau of central Angola. The type locality given is "sur les bords de la rivière Calae, l'un des affluents de Cunene, entre le 13o et 14o parallèle á l'est de Caconda." [Calai River (tributary of the Kunene), Cacanda, Angola. It commonly inhabits rocky mountain slopes.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
Nothing is known of its behavior, as less than 20 specimens have ever been collected.
Wikipedia: “Behavior”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 30862.