If you're ever tromping around sub-Saharan Africa, you would be well-advised to keep an eye out for the West African Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica rhinoceros) -- that is, if you can actually see it.

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The Congolese giant toad is a filling snack for predators — if they dare to attack it. The grapefruit-sized amphibian, it turns out, is a master of disguise: it holds an uncanny resemblance to ...

A young adult Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica), in Fungurume, southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The snake spends most of its time among the leaf litter of forest floors waiting to ambush prey.