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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 ...
The Common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) is a highly venomous snake species with a 50–60% untreated mortality rate. [87] It is also the fastest striking venomous snake in the world. [88] A death adder can go from a strike position, to strike and envenoming their prey, and back to strike position again, in less than 0.15 seconds. [88]
The puff adder is responsible for the most fatalities overall, [16] although saw-scaled vipers (Echis spp) inflict more bites in North African countries, where the puff adder is typically not found. [12] Dendroaspis polylepis is classified as the snake of highest medical importance by the World Health Organization in Africa.
The common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) is a species of death adder native to Australia. It is one of the most venomous land snakes in Australia and globally. While it remains widespread (unlike related species), it is facing increased threat from the ongoing Australian cane toad invasion.
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.
Note: For Heterodon, "puff adder" is a common name inconsistent with established usage. "Puff adder" is the accepted common name of Bitis arietans , an unrelated, dangerously venomous African species of viper , which incidentally does not flatten its neck in any threat display.
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Furthermore, the death toll from such an injury could range between 80,000 and 130,000 people per year. [16] [15] The purpose was to encourage research, expand the accessibility of antivenoms, and improve snakebite management in "developing countries". [17]