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Puff Adder (Gordon Fraley) is a fictional character, a mutant supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He made his debut in Captain America #337 (January 1988), created by writer Mark Gruenwald and artist Tom Morgan .
Bitis nasicornis is a viper species belonging to the genus Bitis, part of a subfamily known as "puff-adders", [3] found in the forests of West and Central Africa. [1] [2] [4] This large viper is known for its striking coloration and prominent nasal "horns". [5]
Squirrel trailing a puff adder while sounding an alarm call to warn others. Normally a sluggish species, the puff adder relies on camouflage for protection. Locomotion is primarily rectilinear, using the broad ventral scales in a caterpillar fashion and aided by its own weight for traction. When agitated, it can resort to a typical serpentine ...
Bitis is a genus of vipers found in Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula. [1] It includes the largest and the smallest vipers in the world. Members are known for their characteristic threat displays that involve inflating and deflating their bodies while hissing and puffing loudly. [2]
Heterodon is a genus of harmless colubrid snakes endemic to North America. [1] They are stout with upturned snouts and are perhaps best known for their characteristic threat displays.
Bitis arietans somalica, also known as the Somali puff adder [2] or Abeeso in Somali, is a venomous viper subspecies [3] found only in Somalia, eastern Ethiopia, and northern Kenya. [ 4 ] Description
Bitis peringueyi, also known as the Peringuey's adder, [3] [4] Peringuey's desert adder or desert sidewinding adder, [5] is a viper species found in Namibia and southern Angola. No subspecies are currently recognized.
Bitis inornata is endemic to Cape Province, South Africa. [1]An isolated population exists on the Sneeuberg, eastern Cape Province, South Africa. [2]The type locality is listed as "Sneeuwbergen, or Snow Mountains, ... immediately behind the village of Graaff Raynet" (Eastern Cape Province, South Africa).