The puff adder (Bitis arietans) is one of Africa’s most dangerous and widespread venomous snakes, known for its potent venom and aggressive nature when threatened. The thick-bodied snake has a ...

The puff adder (Bitis arietans) is responsible for more snake bite fatalities in Africa than any other snake. This snake is widespread across the continent and is known for its sluggish nature ...

The snake, a puff-adder, is one of the most feared and is known in Kikamba as kimbuva. Esther and her mother narrated the story at a meeting ornanised recently by the Kenya Snakebite Research and ...

Her team then checked this in a variety of snakes - dissecting a total of nine species including the carpet python, puff adder and cantil viper. The hemiclitores varied in size but were distinct.