Talk:Bitis gabonica

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1 Fangs
2 Antelopes
3 Venom
4 GA on hold
- 4.1 GA awarded

[edit] Fangs

the gaboon viper has the longest fangs [5 cm] in the world —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.166.247.95 (talk • contribs).

According to Mallow et al. (2003), this is true. According to Spawls and Branch (1995), they even reach 55 mm! --Jwinius 21:15, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Antelopes

just how small would an antelope have to be to be eaten by a 1.5m long snake? a "pinky" antelope? i suspect the part regarding antelopes and monkeys should be removed, but i have added the {{fact}} template as i am not authoritative. ... aa:talk 00:31, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

This is a big snake and the royal antelope is small (Neotragus). That the former has preyed upon the latter is reported Mallow et al. (2003). --Jwinius 21:15, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Venom

An ld-50 of 0.14 would certainly make it one of the world's most venomous snakes however, the gaboon viper's ld-50 is no where NEAR 0.14 on ANY routes of envenomation. Subcutaneous bieng the most likely, Bitus gabonica ld-50 is 12.5. As per DR.Brian Grieg Fry, website: venomdoc.com. toddg

You are absolutely correct (whoever you are). An LD50 of 0.14 is more like sea snake venom -- way too potent for B. gabonica. We have good old "130.39.115.62" (1 June 2006) to thank for this totally unreferenced factoid. I plan to rewrite this article soon and will see to it personally that this information is corrected. As a matter of fact, I'll get rid of it now. --Jwinius 21:15, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GA on hold

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Sections Description & Venom need more wikilinks.
Can Guinea, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, DR Congo, Central African Republic, southern Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, eastern Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, eastern Zimbabwe, Mozambique, northeast KwaZulu-Natal Province in South Africa. be turned into a real phrase with SVO (missing the verb). Lincher 01:45, 28 September 2006 (UTC)