Description
Bitis Caudalis Venom | Horned Adder Venom:
Bitis Caudalis Venom | Horned Adder Venom is extracted from a snake called Bitis Caudalis.
More details about Bitis Caudalis Venom | Horned Adder Venom:
| Purity | > 99 % |
| Form | Lyophilized Powder |
| Packaging | In vacuum sealed glass vials, in secured parcel. |
Taxonomic Classification:
| Name | Bitis Caudalis |
| Common Name(s) | Horned adder, Horned puff adder, Horned viper. |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Reptilia |
| Order | Squamata |
| Suborder | Serpentes |
| Family | Viperidae |
| Genus | Bitis |
| Species | B. caudalis |
About Bitis Caudalis Snake:
The horned adder (Bitis caudalis) is a venomous viper species.
It is found in the arid region of southwest Africa, in Angola, Botswana, Namibia; South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
It is easily distinguished by the presence of a single, large horn-like scale over each eye.
No subspecies are currently recognized.
Description:
A short, stout little viper, it usually averages 30–40 cm (12–15.5 in) in total length (body + tail).
The largest specimen reported being seen is a female from southern Botswana measuring 51.5 cm (20.3 in) total length.
Geographic range:
The snake is found in far arid regions of southwest Africa: southwest Angola, Namibia, across the Kalahari Desert of southern Botswana, into northern Transvaal and southwestern Zimbabwe.
In South Africa, it is found from the northern Cape Province south to the Great Karoo.
Its type locality is given as “… the sandy districts north of the Cape Colony…” [South Africa].
Habitat:
Horned adders are mostly found in sparsely vegetated desert and semiarid scrub country.
Taxonomy:
A number of authors, including Mertens (1955), use a trinomial to refer to this species, even though no subspecies are recognized.
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