The head is covered with strongly keeled scales, the smallest of which are located anteriorly.

[10] This adder, B. peringueyi, was named after Louis Péringuey, the South African entomologist and museum director.

[11] Bitis peringueyi is found in the Namib from southern Angola to Lüderitz, Namibia.

They are also found in areas of the Sahara desert and tend to live near sand dunes.

The type locality is given as "Damaraland, 10 miles east of Walfisch Bay" [Namibia].

[2] An ambush hunter, B. peringueyi buries itself just beneath the surface of the sand with only its eyes and the tip of its tail exposed.