#causus

[herpsandbirds]

Velvety-green Night Adder (Causus resimus), family Viperidae, Ethiopia

Venomous.

photograph by Stephen Spawls

[the-uninformed-zennial]

So like… I knew Causus was designed to be hot and intimidating/pos, but damn alright.

[exotic-venom]

(Causus defilippii) snouted night adder

[herpsandbirds]

Snouted Night Adder (Causus defilippii), family Viperidae, found in eastern and southern Africa

Venomous.

photograph by Dick Bartlett

[herpsandbirds]

Velvety-green Night Adder (Causus resimus), family Viperidae, Masai Mara, Kenya

Venomous.

photograph by Michel Kuijpers

[herpsandbirds]

Rhombic Night Adder (Causus rhombeatus), fmily Viperidae, Hamerkop near Sparkling Waters, Magaliesberg, South Africa

Venomous.

photograph by Paul venter 

[herpsandbirds]

Rhombic Night Adder (Causus rhombeatus), family Viperidae, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Venomous.

photograph by Odin Nelson

[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.