Scientific Name: Adenorhinos barbouri
Common Name: Barbour's Viper, Short-Headed Viper.
Description: A small viper about 14 inches (35 cm) in length. It has strongly keeled scales and a triangular head with a short, rounded snout. Its tail is shorter than that of Atheris sp. and is not prehensile. Its ground colour is brown, olive, or blackish olive and its vented is greenish white to olive. A pair of straw-colour stripes zigzag along the dorsal.
Difference in Sex: Males are blackish-olive with indistinct markings.
Habitat: Mountains of south-western Tanzania.
Habits: generally found in thick forest environmment.
Size: 35 cm
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Venom: Not know - No research done on it.
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Diet: Frogs, earthworms and small insects
Enemies: Forest dwelling birds of prey
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Credits: Christian Fourie.