Common adder vs Adder
The common adder is heavier: 180.5 g against 70.2 g for the adder, about 2.6 times the weight.
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What is the difference between a common adder and a adder?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The common adder is heavier: 180.5 g against 70.2 g for the adder, about 2.6 times the weight.
- The adder is longer: 49.8 cm against 42.2 cm for the common adder, about 18% longer.
- Both belong to the genus Vipera, so they are close relatives.
Side by side
| Common adder | Adder | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Vipera lotievi | Vipera berus |
| Family | Viperidae | Viperidae |
| Order | Squamata | Squamata |
| Weight | 180.5 g | 70.2 g – 279 g |
| Length | 42.2 cm | 49.8 cm |
| Lifespan | 10.6 years | 10 years – 10.6 years |
| Main food | Not recorded | anguis fragilis, anura, bird, caudata, egg, house mouse and 6 more |
| Habitat | forest | forest |
| Conservation status | Not recorded | Least Concern |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
Which is bigger?
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