Bitis heraldica is a viper species endemic to Angola.

[1][3] It is easily distinguished from B. caudalis by its heavily speckled belly and lack of any supraocular "horns".

[5] The maximum recorded total length (body + tail) is 405 mm (15.9 in).

[2] The type locality given is "sur les bords de la rivière Calae, l'un des affluents de Cunene, entre le 13o et 14o parallèle á l'est de Caconda."

[Calai River (tributary of the Kunene), Cacanda, Angola.