Photo of a Matilda's Horned Viper (Atheris matildae)
Photo: julian_descoubes, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Matilda's Horned Viper

Atheris matildae

Venom
Venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Viper
Family
Viperidae
Genus
Atheris
Continents
Africa
Countries
1
How common
Rare

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About

Matilda's Horned Viper (Atheris matildae) is a venomous viper of the family Viperidae, found in Tanzania. It lives in habitats such as tropical moist forest, tropical montane forest, montane rainforest, tropical seasonal forest and 10 more. Rare: recorded in only 2 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

Habitats

Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.

Related snakes

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