Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The Gaboon viper is an African snake species that is ...

Africa harbours some of the world’s most lethal snakes, and two of its most formidable are the black mamba and the Gaboon viper. Though both inhabit parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, they differ greatly in ...

ATLANTA - Jason Clark doubts that a deadly Gaboon viper is loose in Milledgeville, Georgia. Still, the reptile expert immediately noticed tell-tale signs of the snake in a widely circulated photo that ...

Gaboon vipers have the longest fangs of any venomous snake, at 2 inches, and have the highest venom yield of any snake, reports show. A bite from one can easily be deadly, though bites are not common.