Spotted Night Adder

About

Spotted Night Adder (Causus maculatus) is a venomous viper of the family Viperidae, found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic and 21 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, evergreen forest and 16 more. Common: recorded in 77 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

• Angola
• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Republic of the Congo
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• South Sudan
• Sudan
• Togo
• Uganda

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
• Evergreen Forest
• Dry Woodland
• Open Woodland
• Scrub Forest
• Thorn Forest
• Savanna
• Tropical Savanna
• Dry Savanna
• Wet Savanna
• Desert
• Hot Desert
• Semi-Desert
• Congo Basin Rainforest
• Guinean Rainforest
• Sudanian Savanna
• Sahara Desert
• Sahel Shrubland

Related snakes

• Common Night Adder Causus rhombeatus
• Forest Night Adder Causus lichtensteinii
• Green Night Adder Causus resimus
• Snouted Night Adder Causus defilippii
• Two-lined Night Adder Causus bilineatus
• Rasmussen’s Night Adder Causus rasmusseni