I got my own site!!!!!!!!!!!

[Gregg M]

It is not completely finished yet but it is up and running...... Tell me what you guys and girls think...... All suggestions are welcome...... Oh and there is free banner space as long as you are anti venomoid.....LOL
Gregg

Link www.bitisgabonica.com

[-WilleM-]

I saw it yesterday and I just love it,
I think I'm one of the biggest bitis lovers in Belgium (but that isn't difficult:-p).I was really waiting for a site like this...So wonderfull job gregg,really thumbs up!!!

[crazyboy]

very nice site.... good luck with it

[Gregg M]

Thanks Wille and Crazy,
It is going to be a great resource site for gaboons and bitis in general..... I put in the other non bitis forums to make the rest of the herp community happy but it is mainly for bitis...... My buddy Will gave me the lay out and helped me along with everything.....

[Vanan]

Looking good man. I like the caresheet, especially the last part about condoning keeping Bitis. Good job.

[-WilleM-]

hey gregg,
I have been collecting Bitis pictures for a while now and also some other Bitis info.I have pictures of most of the Bitis species if you are intrested.
Cheerz

[Derrick]

great site love the pictures. one suggestion though. to improve the load time and save bandwith drop the quality setting on your jpgs. ie
original 190k:
http://members.shaw.ca/BiteMe_matrix/IMG_0093.jpg

quality set to 8(lowest setting in high quality) 95k:
http://members.shaw.ca/BiteMe_matrix/123.jpg

quality set to 4 (highest setting in low quality) 54k:
http://members.shaw.ca/BiteMe_matrix/1233.jpg

not much difference except for file size

[Gregg M]

I love all the comments and suggestions..... Keep them coming guys.......
Wille,
I would be very interested in some pics...... You would ofcourse get the credit for them......

[-WilleM-]

well,
Like I told you these pictures that I have,have been found all over the net.This means I dind't take them myself,normally nobody will mind if you use them(certanly if it is for good things..like your site) But if you wouldn't want to have them for that reason,just tell me.
If you want them...just tell me ;-) I'll send them!
I have pictures of: arietans,atropos(2pics),caudalis(7),cornuta(5),gab onica,nasicornis,parviocola,perningueyi(2+1 of the traces it leaves in the sand),schneideri(2),worthingtonis,xeropaga(3)
I also have info in general of every Bitis species,example:
Species:
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Bitis arietans

Synonyms:
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Bitis arietans arietans
Vipera (Echidna) arietans MERREM 1820: 152
Cobra lachesis LAURENTI 1768
Cobra clotho LAURENTI 1768
Echidna arietans - DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 1425
Bitis arietans - FISCHER 1884: 17
Bitis arietans - SCHMIDT 1923: 140
Bitis lachesis somalica PARKER 1949: 101
Bitis arietans - FITZSIMONS & BRAIN 1958
Bitis arietans - HARDING & WELCH 1980
Bitis arietans arietans - AUERBACH 1987: 206
Bitis arietans arietans - BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 23
Bitis lachesis (LAURENTI)
Bitis (Bitis) arietans - LENK et al. 1999
Bitis arietans - MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 358

Subspecies:
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Bitis arietans arietans (MERREM 1820)
Bitis arietans somalica PARKER 1949

Family: Viperidae, Serpentes (snakes)
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Distribution:
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Republic of South Africa, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire; except in the Center), Congo, Gabon, Burkina Faso, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya,
Central African Republic, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast,
Liberia, Sierra Leone, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia,
Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Senegal, Mauritania, Western Sahara, Mali,
Algeria, Morocco, SW Saudi Arabia, Oman

somalica: Somalia, N Kenya
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Terra typica: Cape of Good Hope = South Africa.
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Comment:
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Venomous! The status of Bitis arietans peghullae Stewart 1973 is discussed in BRANCH (1999).
References:
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Auerbach (1987) The Amph. Rept. Botswana.
Barnett (2001) Herpetological Bulletin (77):5-1
Boycott (1992) Ann. Checklist Amph. Rept. Swaziland.
Branch (1999) African Journal of Herpetology 48 (1&2):15-19
Broadley etc. (1976) Durban Museum Novitates 11, 77-83
Broadley etc. (1991) Syntarsus, 1: 1-70
Broadley (1991) Arnoldia Zimbabwe 9 (37): 519-538
Duméril & Bibron (1854) Erpétologie générale Vol. 7/2.
Fischer (1884) Jahrb. Hamburg Wiss. Anst. 1: 1-32
Fitzsimons etc. (1958) Koedoe, 1(1): 99-104
Girard (1998) African Herp News (28): 34
Herrmann etc. (1999) Kaupia (Darmstadt) (8): 21-30
Lenk etc. (1999) Kaupia (Darmstadt) (8): 31-38
McDiarmid etc. (1999) Snake species of the world, v.1.
Merrem (1820) Versuch eines Systems der Amphien I.
Parker (1949) Zool. Verh. Leiden 6: 1-115
Pitman (1974) Codicote, Wheldon & Wesley, L., 290 pp.
Razzetti etc. (2002) Field guide amphibians reptiles Arusha National Park (Tanzania), Varese, 84 pp.
Rödel etc. (1999) Salamandra 35 (3): 165-180
Schleich etc. (1996) Amph. Rept. North Africa.
Schmidt (1923) Bull. Amer. Mus. nat. Hist., New York, 49 (1): 1-146
Trape etc. (1995) J. Afr. Zool. 109 (1): 31-50
Trape etc. (2000) Bull. Soc. Herp. France 95: 19-35
van der Kooij (2001) Podarcis 2 (2): 54-64

[Matt]

nice site gregg, you did a great job on the care sheet man!

gotta get some pics of your puffs up there, y'know how i love the puffs :)

[Gregg M]

Yeah buddy..... I will try to get some up tonight...... Thanks for the compliments.....

[Gary O]

Your site is GREAT. And who better to put it up then the Bitis Man himself. You know I will be hitting it all the time! Oh yeah the pics ROCK!!!!

[ETET]

Nice work Gregg! Finally there is a site dedicated to bitis.

ETET :)

[skin78]

very nice work gregg, Love the pic gallary :) I am very fond of Bitis , have 2 Bitis arietans myself and they are so cute LOL..

[Gregg M]

Thanks everyone...... I will be loading new pics on every day so keep an eye out...... Also look for new care sheets and lots of other info on gaboons and other bitis species........ This site will cover even the dwarf species of bitis as well as other uncommon and rare species...........

[EmeraldEyes]

Wow! Fantastic job so far! Beautiful photos....Wonderful markings on both the gaboons and puffs.... can't wait to see the rhinos....one of my favs. Thanks for doing the site and letting us know it's there! I'll keep checking back to see the progress..... peace, Emmy

[-WilleM-]

and what do you think about the info on page 1?if you like it,mail me at: wcattersel@hotmail.com and the pictures and info will be comming your way.
Cheerz