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Basic information
Bitis arietans
Puff Adder
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderAmphisbaenians
FamilyViper
GenusPuff Adders
- Czech name
- Zmije útočná
- English name
- Puff Adder
- Alternative names
- Gemeine Puffotter
- Synonyms
- Bitis lachesis somalica, Cobra clotho, Cobra lachesis, Vipera (Echidna) arietans
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Alpine, City, Coastal, Forest, Grassland, Savanna, Shrubland, Waterfall, Wetland
- Microhabitat
- Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 1,850 mm
- SVL
- max 840 mm
- Body mass
- max 3,122.3 g
- Hatchling mass
- ~14.9 g
- Offspring total length
- max 175 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 15.8 years
- Activity
- Cathemeral, Nocturnal
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Foraging mode
- Ambush
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 3–4.4 years
- Reproductive mode
- Viviparous
- Clutch size
- 10–156 individuals
- Clutches per year
- min 0 × per year
Health and safety
- Venomous
- Yes
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · LXKX · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 11524 · dryad-v5