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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 ...
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]
Puff adder; Bitis heraldica; Bitis nasicornis; Calabar python; Damara threadsnake; Calabresi's blind snake; Dasypeltis confusa; Cape cobra; Dasypeltis scabra; Cape file snake; Drewes's worm snake; Cape wolf snake; Dwarf water cobra; Damara threadsnake; Dasypeltis confusa; Dasypeltis sahelensis [1] Polemon neuwiedi; Polemon ater; Polemon ...
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]
Puff adder (Bitis arietans) The Puff adder (Bitis arietans) is responsible for more fatalities than any other African snake. This is due to a combination of factors, including its wide distribution, common occurrence, large size, potent venom that is produced in large amounts, long fangs, their habit of basking by footpaths and sitting quietly ...
The puff adder, is found in the south of Morocco The desert monitor, is a threatened species in Morocco. This list of reptiles of Morocco is an incomplete collection of reptiles found in Morocco. Endemic species; Introduced species
Puff adder is the common name of several snake species: Bitis arietans, a venomous snake species found in Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula; Bitis, any other member of this genus; Heterodon, a genus of harmless North American colubrid snakes commonly known as hognose snakes; Puff adder may also refer to:
Horned puff adder may refer to: Bitis caudalis, a.k.a. the horned adder, a venomous viper species found in the arid region of south-west Africa; Bitis nasicornis, a.k.a. the rhinoceros viper, a venomous viper found in the forests of West and Central Africa