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Ethiopia viper

Bitis parviocula Böhme, 1977

Status not recordedsnakes

The ethiopia viper (Bitis parviocula) is a species in the family Viperidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 473.8 g and reach 96.8 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Ethiopia.

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Quick facts about the ethiopia viper

Weight
473.8 g
Length
96.8 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grassland, mountain
Young per litter or clutch
14
Reproduction
Live birth
Active
Day and night (cathemeral)
Lifestyle
Terrestrial
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the ethiopia viper?

ETHIOPIA VIPER · LENGTH 96.8 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 96.8 cm, the recorded maximum length of the ethiopia viper is about 57% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the ethiopia viper live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The ethiopia viper is listed for 1 country.

Ethiopia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Ethiopia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the ethiopia viper endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the ethiopia viper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyViperidae
  6. genusBitis
  7. SpeciesBitis parviocula Böhme, 1977
Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Bale Mountains adderEnglish
  • Ethiopian mountain adderEnglish
  • Ethiopian mountain viperEnglish
  • zmije malookáCzech
  • Etiopisk BjergpuffadderDanish
  • Äthiopische PuffotterGerman
  • Vipera dell'EtiopiaItalian
  • エチオピアアダーJapanese
  • 衣索比亞噝蝰Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the ethiopia viper

Other species in the same genus Bitis.

LC, Least Concern
Puff adder (Bitis arietans)

Puff adder

Bitis arietans

Viperidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the ethiopia viper?

An adult ethiopia viper weighs 473.8 g and measures 96.8 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the ethiopia viper live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the ethiopia viper for 1 country: Ethiopia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the ethiopia viper?

The ethiopia viper (Bitis parviocula) belongs to the family Viperidae in the order Squamata.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Ethiopia viper (Bitis parviocula). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ethiopia-viper

MLA

“Ethiopia viper (Bitis parviocula).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/ethiopia-viper.

BibTeX
@misc{ethiopia_viper_2026,
  title = {Ethiopia viper (Bitis parviocula)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ethiopia-viper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}