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- 1. Multiple Choice
How does the butterfly viper differ from the rhinoceros viper?
Brighter Colors
Narrower Head
Black Arrowhead Marking on Head
Black Stripe on Back of Head
- 2. Multiple Choice
Relatively little is known about the toxicity and composition of the butterfly viper's venom.
True
False
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is the butterfly viper classified on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species?
Least Concern
Near Threatened
Data Deficient
Not Evaluated
- 4. Multiple Choice
What marking does a butterfly viper have on the back of its head?
Arrowhead
Thin Stripe
Several Stripes
Thick Stripe
- 5. Multiple Choice
The butterfly viper has a flattened, narrow, triangular-shaped head that is considerably smaller in size than its body.
True
False
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is the dominant property of the butterfly viper's venom?
Hemotixicity
Neurotoxicity
Dendrotoxicity
Cardiotoxicity
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is the butterfly viper's venom properties?
Neurotoxic
Hemotoxic
Cardiotoxic
Dendrotoxic
- 8. Multiple Choice
How many venom does the butterfly viper have?
0
1
2
3
- 9. Multiple Choice
The butterfly viper's venom is more toxic than those of the Gaboon viper and puff adder.
True
False
- 10. Multiple Choice
What characteristic originated the butterfly viper's nickname, River Jack?
Swampy Habitat
Ability to Swim
Aquatic Habitat
Lays it Eggs in Water
- 11. Multiple Choice
What are alternate names for the butterfly viper?
Rhinoceros Viper
River Jack
Arrowhead Viper
Gaboon Viper
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is the butterfly viper's scientific name?
Bitis rhinoceros
Bitis nasicornis
Bitis gabonica
Bitis arietans
- 13. Multiple Choice
Butterfly vipers display sexual dimorphism in body size.
True, males are larger.
True, females are larger.
False.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Female butterfly vipers have a higher count of paired subcaudals than males.
True
False
- 15. Multiple Choice
The butterfly viper is 1 of how many puff adder species?
5
15
25
50
- 16. Multiple Choice
How much larger can a butterfly viper enlarge its body when threatened?
1.5x
2x
2.5x
3x
- 17. Multiple Choice
What characteristics originated the name puff adder?
Ability to Enlarge the Body
Loud Puff Noise
Swollen-Looking Tongue
Large Head
- 18. Multiple Choice
What is the average lifespan of the butterfly viper in captivity?
3.8 Years
8.3 Years
13.8 Years
18.3 Years
- 19. Multiple Choice
Like the Gaboon viper, the butterfly viper uses a considerably large amount of venom.
True
False
- 20. Multiple Choice
How does the butterfly viper's venom affect the body?
Paralyzes
Destroys Tissues & Blood Vessels
Causes Internal Bleeding
Causes Massive Swelling
- 21. Multiple Choice
The butterfly viper is one of the most dangerous and venomous snakes of its region.
True
False
- 22. Multiple Choice
Butterfly vipers have one of the loudest hisses of any snake in their region.
True
False
- 23. Multiple Choice
The butterfly viper sheds its skin.
True
False
- 24. Multiple Choice
Butterfly vipers can often appear faded and dull due to silt.
True
False
- 25. Multiple Choice
What type of predator is the butterfly viper?
Ambush
Pursuit
Forager
Ballistic
- 26. Multiple Choice
The butterfly viper feeds on larger prey than the Gaboon viper.
True
False
- 27. Multiple Choice
What is the butterfly viper's diet?
Herbivorous
Omnivorous
Carnivorous
- 28. Multiple Choice
What is the main staple of the butterfly viper's diet?
Small Mammals
Amphibians
Fish
Insects
- 29. Multiple Choice
The butterfly viper's scales are so rough that they can inflict cuts.
True
False
- 30. Multiple Choice
What kind of scales does a butterfly viper have?
Smooth
Rough
- 31. Multiple Choice
The butterfly viper is just as bad-tempered as the puff adder.
True
False
- 32. Multiple Choice
The butterfly viper spends much of its life motionless, waiting for prey to wander by.
True
False
- 33. Multiple Choice
What habitat does the butterfly viper inhabit?
Forest
Grassland
Shrubland
Savanna
- 34. Multiple Choice
What kind of habitat does the butterfly viper prefer?
Wet
Dry
- 35. Multiple Choice
Butterfly vipers can swim.
True
False
- 36. Multiple Choice
Butterfly vipers sometimes inhabit shallow pools.
True
False
- 37. Multiple Choice
The butterfly viper is fast in locomotion.
True
False
- 38. Multiple Choice
The butterfly viper is more slow-moving and placid than the Gaboon viper.
True
False
- 39. Multiple Choice
What parts of the continent does the butterfly viper inhabit?
Central
West
North
South
- 40. Multiple Choice
The butterfly viper's range is less restricted than the Gaboon viper.
True
False
- 41. Multiple Choice
To what continent is the butterfly viper endemic?
Africa
Oceania
South America
Asia
- 42. Multiple Choice
How many subspecies of butterfly viper are recognized?
0
2
5
10
- 43. Multiple Choice
How many antivenoms for butterfly viper venom exist?
0
1
3
5
- 44. Multiple Choice
The butterfly viper has never been recorded to kill a human.
True
False
- 45. Multiple Choice
The butterfly viper is viviparous and gives birth to live young.
True
False
- 46. Multiple Choice
In the West, when does the butterfly viper give birth?
March-April
May-June
July-August
September-October
- 47. Multiple Choice
Butterfly vipers are venomous at birth.
True
False
- 48. Multiple Choice
What is the maximum length a butterfly viper can grow?
60 cm. / 23 in.
100 cm. / 39 in.
120 cm. / 47 in.
210 cm. / 83 in.
- 49. Multiple Choice
Which butterfly vipers are more blue?
Western
Eastern
- 50. Multiple Choice
Which butterfly vipers are more green?
Western
Eastern
- 51. Multiple Choice
What characteristic originated the butterfly viper's nickname, rhinoceros viper?
Horn-Like Nasal Scales
Rough Scales
Hooked Lip
Dull Coloration
- 52. Multiple Choice
The color patterns of the butterfly viper vary among individuals.
True
False
- 53. Multiple Choice
The butterfly viper's fangs are hollow.
True
False
- 54. Multiple Choice
How long are the butterfly viper's fangs?
1.5 cm. / 0.6 in.
2 cm. / 0.8 in.
2.5 cm. / 1 in.
3 cm. / 1.2 in.
- 55. Multiple Choice
How often does the butterfly viper shed its fangs?
Once a Week
Once a Month
A Few Times a Year
Once a Year
- 56. Multiple Choice
What is the butterfly viper's circadian rhythm?
Nocturnal
Diurnal
Crespuscular
Cathemeral
- 57. Multiple Choice
The butterfly viper has the ability to control the movement of its fangs.
True
False
- 58. Multiple Choice
Butterfly vipers are bred domestically and sold online in the exotic pet trade.
True
False
- 59. Multiple Choice
How long can a butterfly viper's strike reach?
1/4 the Body Length
1/3 the Body Length
1/2 the Body Length
Full Body Length
- 60. Multiple Choice
The butterfly viper can strike in any direction, without coiling first, with extremely deadly accuracy.
True
False
- 61. Multiple Choice
What system does the butterfly viper inhabit?
Terrestrial
Aquatic
Arboreal
Fossorial
- 62. Multiple Choice
The butterfly viper's tail is partially prehensile.
True
False
- 63. Multiple Choice
What is the butterfly viper's form of locomotion?
Other
Unguligrade
Digitigrade
Plantigrade
- 64. Multiple Choice
Which of these is a butterfly viper?
- 65. Multiple Choice
Which of these is a butterfly viper?
- 66. Multiple Choice
Which of these are butterfly viper tracks?
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