Bitis nasicornis (Shaw, 1802)

Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Morelle, Stephan, Albert, Jean-Louis, Carlino, Piero, Rahola, Nil & Trape, Jean-François, 2019, New reptile records from Lékédi Park and Haut-Ogooué Province, southeastern Gabon, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 174) 13 (1), pp. 143-161 : 155

Bitis nasicornis (Shaw, 1802)

An adult individual collected a few years ago in Lékédi Park is kept in the park’s vivarium. Another adult individual of this common viper was encountered by SM in the park at midday on 30 April 2016; its head was preserved (RBINS 18485; see Appendix 1) and shows 18/19 circumocular scales (the uppermost the largest); 14 scales separate the orbits. The juvenile RBINS 18508 was found by SM crossing a road in Bakoumba on 11 October 2016 at 9h30. It shows well-developed nasal horns; 18/18 circumocular scales; its umbilical scar extends from its ventrals 111 to 114 included; 15 scales separate its orbits (see also Appendix 1). New Dept. record and new record for the park (this viper species was not listed from the Dept. by Christy et al. 2008; Pauwels and Vande weghe 2008; Pauwels et al. 2016b, 2017d).