By: Bryce J. and Kaeden C.By: Bryce J. and Kaeden C.

Most of Southern Africa except for mountain

tops, true desert and dense forest. South of the Sahara.

Habitat: 1

Facts!

Food Chain: 2

Both, they hunt small mamals and are eaten by birds of prey and more, they eat as much as they can swallow.

Life Spain: 3

The average lifespain is 13 years.

Facts!

Reaction to people: 4

They coil themselves and hiss loudly, and there aggressive.

Diet: 5

They eat rodents and small mamals.

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Mating: 6

Large litters, usally consisting 20 to 40 young.

Known for:7

People call this snake the puff adder because it breaths in air and makes its self bigger.

Facts!

Get food: 8

They lie in ambush to get prey.

Kill food: 9

They use their venom to kill prey so they can eat it.

More Facts!

Species Group: 10

The species group they are from is reptilia, viper family.

Family: 11

They are from the family Viperidea.

Even More Facts!

Identifying: 13

They hiss in a clear quadraphasic pattern consisting of an initual exhalatory hiss.

Desieses: 14

The desieses they cary is samenilla and they also cary a very poisenous venom. They’revenom type is Cytotoxic.

Facts!

Apearance: 15

They’re appearance is that they have rough scales they’re relatively short and chubby/fat.

Communication: 16

They communicate by exhalatory hiss pause inhalatory hiss repeat until undisturbed.

People do not eat Puff Adders but did you

know we milk them for their venom!

FACTS! 17

Books George, Linda. Vipers. Capstone Press Mankato

Minnesota,Copyright 2002 #5,6 Twist, Clint. SNAKES DICTIONARY an A to Z of Amazing Snakes.

London: Andromeda Children’s Books, Copyright 2003. # 7

Websites Kruger Park. January 25, 2013. <www.krugerpark.com>

#11,12,13,14,15 “The Mechanics of Sound Production…“. Jeb Biologists.org. January

27, 2013. < www.jeb.biologists.org>. #16 “Snakes-Uncovered”. Popular Pets. January 30, 2013.

<www.popularpets.com>

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