Puff Adder
Bitis arietans
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Non-constrictor
- Type
- Viper
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Bitis
- Continents
- Africa
- Countries
- 31
- How common
- Common
About
Puff Adder (Bitis arietans) is a venomous viper of the family Viperidae, found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi and 26 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 67 more. Common: recorded in 1411 places on iNaturalist.
Where it lives
Native range
Habitats
Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Lowland Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Tropical Seasonal Forest
- Subtropical Forest
- Subtropical Dry Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Coastal Forest
- Woodland
- Dry Woodland
- Open Woodland
- Scrub Forest
- Thorn Forest
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Savanna
- Tropical Savanna
- Dry Savanna
- Wet Savanna
- Grassland
- Tropical Grassland
Related snakes
- Horned Adder Bitis caudalis
- Red Adder Bitis rubida
- Plain Mountain Adder Bitis inornata
- Many-horned Adder Bitis cornuta
- Southern Adder Bitis armata
- Rhinoceros Viper Bitis rhinoceros
- Angolan Adder Bitis heraldica
- Rhinoceros Viper (nasicornis) Bitis nasicornis
- Namaqua Dwarf Adder Bitis schneideri
- Kenya Horned Viper Bitis worthingtoni
- Mountain Adder Bitis atropos
- Dwarf Puff Adder Bitis peringueyi
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.