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Taxonomy of Bitis gabonica
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by HerpFever46 on January 9, 2005
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Hey guys, As I was reading Mark O'Shea's Q&A (the 18 month backlog!), I realized that Bitis gabonica rhinoceros has been raised to species status. Now, how many subspecies of Bitis gabonica were there in the first place? Was it just the East African and West African? I know that the nasal "horns" are much more evident in West African individuals, so was the West African gaboon formerly known as B.g. rhinoceros? If these were the only two subspecies of Bitis gabonica then that must mean that they still go by the same name, only that they are now at species status, the West African being B. rhinoceros and the East African B. gabonica, right? Please respond. Thanks, Bryan
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RE: Taxonomy of Bitis gabonica
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by bush_viper17 on January 9, 2005
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Thats correct. I think Wolfgang Wuster has an article about it somewhere. Im not positive,I could be thinking of someone else.
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