Bitis is a genus of venomous vipers found in Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula.[1] It includes the largest and the smallest vipers in the world. Members are known for their characteristic threat displays that involve inflating and deflating their bodies while hissing and puffing loudly.[2] The type species for this genus is B. arietans,[1] which is also the most widely distributed viper in Africa.[3] Currently, 18 species are recognized.[4]
Members of the genus are commonly known as African adders,[2]African vipers,[3] or puff adders.
^ abcMcDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).[page needed]
^ abMallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.[page needed]
^ abSpawls S, Branch B. 1995. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Dubai: Ralph Curtis Books. Oriental Press. 192 pp. ISBN 0-88359-029-8.[page needed]
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Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Bitis peringueyi, p. 203). Peringuey's Desert Adder (Bitis peringueyi) at The Colorado Herpetological Society...
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by Farish Jenkins. The type, and currently only, species is Prosalirus bitis. The skeleton has primitive features, but has mostly lost the salamander-like...
the Gaboon viper Bitis gabonica. Pirkle H, Theodor I, Miyada D, Simmons G (July 1986). "Thrombin-like enzyme from the venom of Bitis gabonica. Purification...
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