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Definition of Bitis arietans
1. Noun. Large African viper that inflates its body when alarmed.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bitis Arietans
Literary usage of Bitis arietans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1901)
"... mark on the occiput; under parts yellowish white or grey. Bitis s. Echidna.—Very
much like Vipera, but the nasal FiG. 172.— bitis arietans (Puff ..."
2. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1858)
"1416. a. Adult. Africa. Presented by the Zoological Society. 4. Half-grown.
West Africa. From Mr. Rich's Collection. Page 26. bitis arietans. ..."
3. Evolution and Animal Life: An Elementary Discussion of Facts, Processes by David Starr Jordan, Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1907)
"... large strongly colored eye spots and is " remarkably snakelike, the general
coloring somewhat recalling that of the common puff-adder, bitis arietans. ..."
4. British Central Africa: An Attempt to Give Some Account of a Portion of the by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1898)
"bitis arietans; the Puff Adder. Bills gabonica; the "River Jack" Viper of West
Africa. Class, AMPHIBIA. ..."
5. Nyasaland Under the Foreign Office by Hector Livingston Duff (1906)
"Snakes are common enough all over Nyasaland, and include some highly venomous
kinds, such as the dreaded puff adder (bitis arietans), the black mamba or ..."
6. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"... resembled the poisoning produced by the bite of the puff adder, bitis arietans,
but believed that the disease was not due to this cause. ..."
7. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1901)
"... mark on the occiput; under parts yellowish white or grey. Bitis s. Echidna.—Very
much like Vipera, but the nasal FiG. 172.— bitis arietans (Puff ..."
8. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1858)
"1416. a. Adult. Africa. Presented by the Zoological Society. 4. Half-grown.
West Africa. From Mr. Rich's Collection. Page 26. bitis arietans. ..."
9. Evolution and Animal Life: An Elementary Discussion of Facts, Processes by David Starr Jordan, Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1907)
"... large strongly colored eye spots and is " remarkably snakelike, the general
coloring somewhat recalling that of the common puff-adder, bitis arietans. ..."
10. British Central Africa: An Attempt to Give Some Account of a Portion of the by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1898)
"bitis arietans; the Puff Adder. Bills gabonica; the "River Jack" Viper of West
Africa. Class, AMPHIBIA. ..."
11. Nyasaland Under the Foreign Office by Hector Livingston Duff (1906)
"Snakes are common enough all over Nyasaland, and include some highly venomous
kinds, such as the dreaded puff adder (bitis arietans), the black mamba or ..."
12. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"... resembled the poisoning produced by the bite of the puff adder, bitis arietans,
but believed that the disease was not due to this cause. ..."
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