Snouted Night Adder
Causus defilippii
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Non-constrictor
- Type
- Viper
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Causus
- Continents
- Africa
- Countries
- 10
- How common
- Common
About
Snouted Night Adder (Causus defilippii) is a venomous viper of the family Viperidae, found in Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi and 5 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 22 more. Common: recorded in 111 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
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Savanna
- Tropical Savanna
- Mountain Slopes
- Highlands
- Coastal Scrub
- Congo Basin Rainforest
- East African Coastal Forest
- African Montane Forest
Related snakes
- Common Night Adder Causus rhombeatus
- Forest Night Adder Causus lichtensteinii
- Green Night Adder Causus resimus
- Spotted Night Adder Causus maculatus
- Two-lined Night Adder Causus bilineatus
- Rasmussen’s Night Adder Causus rasmusseni
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.