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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 ...
The eastern hog-nosed snake [3] (Heterodon platirhinos), is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Colubridae.The venom is specifically adapted to amphibian prey and is harmless to humans.
Members of the genus are commonly known as hognose snakes, hog-nosed snakes, [3] North American hog-nosed snakes, [2] and colloquially puff adders [4] (though they should not be confused with the venomous African vipers of the genus Bitis).
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 ...
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.
African puff adder: Utah — De Bary, the director of the Salt Lake City Zoo, was bitten on the left forearm by a South African puff adder when he opened the cage to tend to the animal. [100] September 28, 1961 Columbia Gay Hagerman, 22, female: Timber rattlesnake
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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: