Posted by:
Jeremy G
at Fri Oct 10 06:39:43 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Jeremy G ]
Although admitingly I am rather lay with regards to Bitis natural history, it would seem that the enviroment you were in would not be suitable for a gaboon but perfect for a puff adder. I have always belived them (gaboons) to be more of a forest, humid loving snake sp and being in the middle of a feild does not sound like typical Bitis gabonica habitat. I have read accounts of them hanging around the forest edge but most discribe them as being camoflouged within the dense leaf litter of a forest, usualy were water is near by. Again, I have no formal experince with the sp or even the genus at all so everything I say is based on some very breif readings.
Thank you very much for your account and I am very glad you recoved from this most tragic encounter.
Best Regards,
Jeremy
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