[4] The belly is a uniform white, or pale yellow in colour, with a series of dark blotches.

[8] A. bibronii is found in southern Africa, from central Namibia, east to northern South Africa, north to southeastern DR Congo and Uganda, eastern Tanzania, coastal Kenya, and extreme southern coastal Somalia.

[4][5] A. bibronii will eat frogs and small mammals, but its main diet is burrowing reptiles encountered in old termite mounds.

It is the third most common cause of serious snakebites in South Africa, after the Mozambique spitting cobra and the Puff adder.

[10] Bite symptoms usually include mild to intense pain, local swelling with occasional blistering, and necrosis and regional lymphadenopathy.