Swamp adder

Swamp adder may refer to:

Proatheris superciliaris, a small viper found in East Africa.
The fictional venomous snake in Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Adventure of the Speckled Band". In this short story the dangerous creature is said to be yellow with brown speckles and to live in India. In the story it is mistaken as a "speckled band" many times. It caused the death of Julia Stoner.

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