SNAKE VENOMS
Product ID L1142
Name Bitis caudalis 
Common Name(s) Horned Adder
Origin South Africa
Purity >99%
Form Lyophilized powder
Packaging In vacuum sealed glass vials, in secured parcel.
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1 g 3 852.00

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See also ITIS : Integrated Taxonomic Information System (http://www.itis.gov)
The Reptile-Database.org (http://www.reptile-database.org)
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Bitis caudalis
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Bitis caudalis
Taxonomic Classification
  • Class : Reptilia
  • Order : Squamata
  • Suborder : Serpentes
  • Family : Viperidae
  • Subfamily :  Viperinae
  • Genus :  Bitis

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