2006-06-25 09:44:00 · 4 answers · asked by warmuswifey84 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
This is a very common breeding project and has successfully been accomplished thousands of times in captivity the project typically starts with the desire to bring the color variations of the Common Rhinoceros viper (Bitis nasicornis) and install them into the genes of the Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica rhinoceros) as you can see from the Latin scientific name these are virtually the same snake and would only very loosely be termed a "cross-breed" the major difference between the two is the location in which they are found their territories lie in Central Africa and commonly overlap and in fact interbreed regularly even in the wild. As stated before neonates can come in quantities of as little as 15 per liter up into the 50-60 per liter range typically. This all depends on age, health, size, and frequency of breeding for the female. I have personally bred and "inter-bred" these species in the past and with the so-called crosses have had 7 liters resulting in 23,14,22,37,37,19,39 offspring respectively.
2006-06-25 10:50:38 · answer #1 · answered by Rain 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are both the same genus, and since they have successfully interbred on may occasions it would depend on the size of the mother. But both memeber of the genus Bitis have been known to have from 15-100 neonates.
2006-06-25 17:00:40 · answer #2 · answered by carinata 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None.
Seeing has how they are 2 differnt speices, it would be impossible for them to actually breed.
And if by some chance of god, they did actually manage to mate. Their offspring would be sterile. Much like a mule.
2006-06-25 16:53:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure, but that would be one nasty snake.
2006-06-25 19:55:54 · answer #4 · answered by shadowfist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋