#causinae

[exotic-venom]

(Causus maculatus) Spotted night adder, West African night adder Not well known. Mainly hemotoxic, w/ possible cytotoxic factors. Bites generally cause immediate local pain, at least limited local swelling, sometimes fever, & painful regional lymphadenopathy. Second most common cause of snake-bite mortality in Senegal. No known antivenom currently produced.

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(Causus resimus) Green night adder, green viper Mainly hemotoxic w/ some cytotoxic fator(s). Envenomation usually results only in local pain, swelling, & sometimes lymphadenopathy. Not considered lethal to humans. No known antivenin is currently produced.

[exotic-venom]

(Causus resimus) green night adder Found in most of equatorial Africa. Causus venom is weak and tends only to dribble from the fangs, so relatively little is ever injected. Envenomation normally causes only local pain and swelling.

[exotic-venom]

(Causus rhombeatus) Common night adder

Venom mildly cytotoxic (may also have a mild hemotoxic factor) & generally not very dangerous, but may cause acute discomfort. Envenomation usually results only in local pain, swelling, & lymphadenophy (rarely local tissue necrosis) at bite site. No reliable reports of fatalities. No known antivenom currently being produced.

[exotic-venom]

(Causus maculatus) West African night adder, spotted night adder, forest rhombic night adder