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The puff adder (Bitis arietans) is a highly venomous viper species found in savannahs and grasslands from Morocco and western Arabia throughout Africa except for the Sahara and rainforest regions. [3]
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] No subspecies are currently recognized.
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]
The Crotalinae, commonly known as pit vipers, [188] [189] crotaline snakes (named for the Ancient Greek: κρόταλον krotalon [190] castanet/rattle of a rattlesnake's tail), or pit adders, are a subfamily of venomous vipers found in Eurasia and the Americas. They are distinguished by the presence of a heat-sensing pit organ located between ...
This is a list of all genera, species and subspecies of the subfamily Viperinae, otherwise referred to as viperines, true vipers, pitless vipers or Old World vipers.It follows the taxonomy of McDiarmid et al. (1999) [1] and ITIS.
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