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05-21-12, 02:53 PM
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Bitis nasicornis (Rhino vipers)
I fed some snakes yesterday and decided to snap some pics of this boy for you guys as I haven't seen too many around on the forum as yet. I hope you enjoy him, and feel free to ask any Q's haha... 
Thanks for looking...
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Louis.
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05-21-12, 02:56 PM
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Re: Bitis nasicornis (Rhino vipers)
Gorgeous! Do you feed live?
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05-21-12, 02:58 PM
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Re: Bitis nasicornis (Rhino vipers)
That's awesome.
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05-21-12, 03:24 PM
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Re: Bitis nasicornis (Rhino vipers)
What an awesome creature. Look at those eyes!!!
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05-21-12, 03:44 PM
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Re: Bitis nasicornis (Rhino vipers)
Wow, great photos! Those markings are incredible!
Do you have any full body shots?
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05-21-12, 03:50 PM
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Re: Bitis nasicornis (Rhino vipers)
That snake is amazing!
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05-21-12, 04:02 PM
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Re: Bitis nasicornis (Rhino vipers)
That is one impressive snake.
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05-21-12, 04:58 PM
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Re: Bitis nasicornis (Rhino vipers)
Wow, awesome looking snake! You really have such an impressive collection.
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05-21-12, 06:24 PM
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Re: Bitis nasicornis (Rhino vipers)
Wow amazing snake
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05-21-12, 06:41 PM
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Re: Bitis nasicornis (Rhino vipers)
That's awesome. Thanks for sharing!
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05-21-12, 06:42 PM
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Re: Bitis nasicornis (Rhino vipers)
Wow! Impressive viper! I absolutely LOVE the first pic. It's a really good close up of his face. The colorings on each scale is beautiful.
How many "horns" do they actually have on their nose?
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05-21-12, 11:19 PM
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Re: Bitis nasicornis (Rhino vipers)
Great pictures, thanks for sharing. Easily one of my favorite species of viper to work with. The feeling of there keeled scales is like no other species of snake. There orbs for eyes look like little universes. I love to see people keep this species successfully. Do you plan on breeding nasicornis?
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05-22-12, 01:26 AM
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Re: Bitis nasicornis (Rhino vipers)
Thanks a lot for your complements guys !
@AjaMichelle, On this occasion he took a freshly killed rat. I do sometimes feed live prey but only if the particular snake won't feed on dead first.
@BlueTongueDan, I'll take some full body shots for you guys tonight. I have three different localities of these so I'll include those as well.
@Rogue628, I honestly have no idea ! I've noticed that certain localities have more, usually shorter horns than others and some seem to have less but longer (more impressive) horns.
@KD35WIN.AS.ONE, Thanks man...I'm planning on breeding them in the next couple of years as my females still has some growing to do. I haven't seen to many CB's around as yet.
As KD35WIN.AS.ONE mentioned, if you guys ever get the chance of safely touching one of these, go for it ! They really have a unique feel to them that's only rivalled by one other species in my opinion (Atheris hispida).
Regards
Louis.
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05-22-12, 02:26 PM
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Re: Bitis nasicornis (Rhino vipers)
Here are some more pics as promised...
Full body shot:
And two headshots of a small female:
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05-22-12, 02:29 PM
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Re: Bitis nasicornis (Rhino vipers)
Do the horns differ between sexes?
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