🐍
Puff adder
Bitis arietans
Reptiles · Least concern
vs
🐍
Snakes
Serpentes
Reptiles
average across the group
One clip names both of them
3.5 million views between them.
Snakes outweigh Puff adder 33× — 77.5 kg against 2.4 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
2.38 kg
🐍 Puff adder · AnAge
77 kg
🐍 Snakes · group average
Body length
1.85 m
🐍 Puff adder · ReptTraits
3.9 m
🐍 Snakes · group average
Maximum lifespan
16 yr
🐍 Puff adder · AnAge
27 yr
🐍 Snakes · group average
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
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Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Squamata (order), home to 11,762 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.