The lush rainforests and savannas of sub-Saharan Africa are a place where dense forest cover and shifting shadows provide endless hiding places to one of the continent’s most lethal predators, which ...

Today, we’re going to look at a fight between a Gaboon viper and a mongoose to see which animal has the better chance of living! The biggest differences between a Gaboon viper and a mongoose ...

In a feat of ingenious costuming, the wily toad has learned to impersonate the venomous Gaboon viper to fool predators. The findings, published in the Journal of Natural History, mark the first ...

If you had to take a bite from a snake just once in your life there’s a long list of “nope ropes” that you would rather take a shot from before you would get to the Gaboon viper. And that ...

Now scientists have uncovered the latest example of this peculiar ability—finding that the Congolese giant toad mimics the appearance and behavior of the venomous Gaboon viper to avoid being ...

The man, who has not been named, was rushed to the hospital on 26 March after his pet African Pit Viper, also called a Gaboon viper, bit him. The snake is one of the most venomous in the world ...

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. The pictures make for ...

The King cobra and Gaboon viper are among the most dangerous snakes, distinguished by their habitats, sizes, and behaviors. The King cobra, native to Southeast Asia, is the longest venomous snake ...

Number of venomous snakes kept by another local. The deadly collection consists of two king cobras, a spitting cobra, a bush viper, and a gaboon viper. Number of scorpions declared by a pet owner. No ...

The snake — which Wade said was about 5 inches in diameter and about 5 feet long and actually was one of two such snakes in the house — is a Gaboon viper, a native of sub-Saharan Africa.