Vital Statistics
- Latin Name
- Bitis Arietans
- Length_F
- 1 100 mm
- Length_M
- 1 090 mm
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Viperidae
- Description
- This thick, heavily built snake has a large, flattened, triangular head and large nostrils which point vertically upwards. The body is yellow-brown to light brown, with black, pale-edged chevrons on the back and bars on the tail.
- Class
- Reptilia
- Subspecies
- 2 races are recognized
- Distribution
- Throughout the subcontinent, north through the whole of Africa to Southern Arabia.
- Breeding
- Large litters, usually consisting of 20 - 40 young are born in late summer.
- Venom
- Cytotoxic.
- Diet
- Rodents, sometimes birds and even other snakes.
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