Puff Adder
Bitis arietans
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyViperidae (Vipèrids)
- GenusBitis (Puff Adders)
- SpeciesBitis arietans (Puff Adder)
Closest Relatives at Serengeti National Park
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Puff Adder in Serengeti National Park?
About 8% of visitor-days record a Puff Adder sighting in Serengeti National Park, based on 17 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Puff Adder in Serengeti National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Puff Adder in Serengeti National Park in our monthly data.