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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...
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    relationships among species of Bitis. They identified four major monophyletic groups for which they created four subgenera: Bitis – B. arietans Calechidna – B. albanica...
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  • Bitis arietans somalica, also known as the Somali puff adder or Abeeso in Somali, is a venomous viper subspecies found only in Somalia, eastern Ethiopia...
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    Bitis nasicornis is a viper species belonging to the genus Bitis, part of a subfamily known as "puff-adders", found in the forests of West and Central...
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  • types of drugs, e.g alcohol, and some venom, e.g. from the puff adder (Bitis arietans) or brown recluse spider (Loxosceles reclusa) are toxic to cells. Treating...
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  • subocularis Bitis, Puff adders Bitis albanica, Albany adder Bitis arietans, Common puff adder Bitis arietans arietans, Common puff adder Bitis arietans somalica...
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    called stridulation. Horned desert viper (Cerastes cerastes) Puff adder (Bitis arietans) Common European adder (Vipera berus) Horned rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes)...
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    ocellatus, Echis leucogaster, Echis carinatus, Bitis arietans, Bitis rhinoceros, Bitis nasicornis, Bitis gabonica, Dendroaspis polylepis, Dendroaspis viridis...
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    Naja (especially N. nigricollis and N. mossambica). The Puff adder (Bitis arietans) is responsible for more fatalities than any other African snake. This...
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    has media related to Bitis parviocula. Bitis parviocula image at Blue Chameleon Ventures. Accessed 6 June 2006. The Other Large Bitis on YouTube. Accessed...
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    2015). "An ambusher's arsenal: chemical crypsis in the puff adder (Bitis arietans)". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 282 (1821)...
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  • squamigera Bitis arietans Bitis atropos Bitis caudalis Bitis cornuta Bitis gabonica Bitis heraldica Bitis inornata Bitis nasicornis Bitis parviocula Bitis peringueyi...
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    – Cape cobra Causus rhombeatus – night adder Bitis arietans – puff adder Bitis atropos – berg adder Bitis albanica – hornsman adder Pachydactylus geitjie...
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    with established usage. "Puff adder" is the accepted common name of Bitis arietans, an unrelated, dangerously venomous African species of viper, which...
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    Haemostatic function of dogs naturally envenomed by African puffadder (Bitis arietans) or snouted cobra (Naja annulifera). Companion Animal Clinical Studies...
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    2015). "An ambusher's arsenal: chemical crypsis in the puff adder (Bitis arietans)". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 282 (1821)...
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  • of several snake species: Bitis arietans, a venomous snake species found in Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula Bitis, any other member of this...
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    birds and their eggs, lizards and other snakes, especially puff adders (Bitis arietans). It often raids poultry runs and can become a nuisance. It is preyed...
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    Gaboon viper (redirect from Bitis javonica)
    The Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica), also called the Gaboon adder, is a large and highly venomous viper species found in the rainforests and savannas of...
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  • (Egretta thula) which uses tongue flicking when foraging. The puff adder Bitis arietans uses its tongue which is loosely wriggled like a worm to attract amphibian...
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    and venomous snakes like Egyptian cobras (Naja haje) and puff adders (Bitis arietans). Due to the formidable range of competitors it pays for Verreaux's...
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  • Atractaspis phillipsi Barbour, 1913 Bitis arietans Merrem, 1820 Bitis gabonica Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 Bitis nasicornis (Shaw, 1802) Broadleysaurus...
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    Ein etwa 20-jähriger Arbeiter wurde nach dem Biss seiner Puffotter (Bitis arietans) in die Hand auf die toxikologische Intensivstation aufgenommen. Zunächst...
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    typus) – a common green tree snake, venomous but timid Puff adder (Bitis arietans) – common venomous snake thought to be responsible for most bites of...
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    large or formidable reptiles. They have been known to take puff adder (Bitis arietans), boomslangs (Dispholidus typus), Egyptian cobras (Naja haje) and unidentified...
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  • encounters with Bitis spp. (particularly Bitis arietans) and Echis spp. (particularly Echis leucogaster and others). Untreated bites from Bitis species can...
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    weigh over 91 kg (201 lb). Venomous species, including the puff adder (Bitis arietans), the forest cobra (Naja melanoleuca), and the black mamba (Dendroaspis...
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    Species Common name Photo Bitis arietans Puff adder Cerastes cerastes Horned viper Cerastes vipera Lesser cerastes Echis leucogaster White-bellied carpet...
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    subcaudals or urosteges. These subcaudals may be smooth or keeled as in Bitis arietans somalica. The end of the tail may simply taper into a tip (as in the...
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    (Dendroaspis polylepis), boomslang (Dispholidus typus) and puff adder (Bitis arietans). They also hunt lizards not infrequently given the chance, usually...
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