More information: Graham J. Alexander, Factorial scope of ingestion and the potential functional response of puff adders (Bitis arietans) to high prey abundance, Scientific Reports (2025). DOI: 10 ...

New research has revealed that puff adders (Bitis arietans) can be highly efficient at controlling rodent populations that threaten agricultural production on the continent. Puff adders ...

Puff adders, one of Africa's most widespread snakes, could be agricultural heroes in disguise. New research from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, has revealed ...

Using a special snake-catching tool, he manages to grab the reptile by its tail. Watch the Facebook reel below. Puff adders (Bitis arietans) are among South Africa's most dangerous snakes and are ...

The video suggests the man saw the encounter as lighthearted fun, despite the danger posed by the puff adder as he captioned the clip: This species (Bitis arietans) is a highly venomous viper found ...

Africa: Puff adder The puff adder (Bitis arietans) is one of Africa’s deadliest snakes, notorious for being responsible for more snakebite fatalities on the continent than any other species.

Consequently, many medically important species, such as brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) and the puff adder (Bitis arietans), were not included in this analysis. Due to the sparsity of data, information ...

New research from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, has revealed that puff adders (Bitis arietans) can be highly efficient at controlling rodent populations that ...

One of the more dangerous inhabitants was what researchers are certain was a puff adder (Bitis arietans), a specimen of which left its indelible, slithering mark somewhere between 93,000 and ...

ocellatus (Kaltungo, Nigeria), C. cerastes (Egypt), Bitis arietans (Ghana), and B. gabonica (Ghana) snakes maintained in the herpetarium of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Pooled venom ...

The other two are the Puff Adder (Bitis arietans) and the Night Adder (Causus rhombeatus). The Rinkhals is by far the most common species of the three found around the Vaal Triangle. What to do ...