Fabio Pupin / Peringuey's desert adder, (Bitis peringueyi), sidewinding on dune, Namib desert, Namibia, February . Non-ex.

Ingo Arndt / Dwarf puff adder / Sidewinder snake crossing sand {Bitis peringueyi} Namibia

Pete Oxford / Snake charmer's Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) and African puff-adder (Bitis arietans arietans) Djemaa el-Fna (the square), Marrakech, Morocco, June 2009

Tony Phelps / Puff adder (Bitis arietans) juvenile amongst succulent plants in karoo habitat, Little Karoo, South Africa

Solvin Zankl / Dwarf puff adder / Peringueys Sidewinding Adder (Bitis peringueyi) moving over the loose sand in typical mode of locomotion, Namib desert, Namibia)

Solvin Zankl / Dwarf puff adder / Peringueys Sidewinding Adder (Bitis peringueyi) hidden in sand of Namib desert, Namibia

Solvin Zankl / Dwarf puff adder / Peringueys Sidewinding Adder (Bitis peringueyi) moving over the loose sand in typical mode of locomotion, Namib desert, Namibia

Solvin Zankl / Dwarf puff adder / Peringueys sidewinding adder (Bitis peringueyi) camouflaged against sand, Namib desert, Namibia

Jabruson / Close up of skin of Puff adder {Bitis arietans} Tsavo East NP, Kenya

Tony Phelps / Extracting venom from Puff adder {Bitis arietans} at Liverpool school of tropical medicine, UK

Ingo Arndt / Dwarf puff adder / Sidewinder snake crossing sand {Bitis peringueyi} Namibia

Christophe Courteau / Peringuey's / sidewinding adder (Bitis peringueyi) moving on dunes, Namib Desert, Namibia. This little endemic snake is one of the smallest adders in the world.