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For centuries, myths and fairytales from European folklore have warned of the danger of the common adder (Vipera berus), a venomous viper known for its painful—although not particularly dangerous—bite. One superstition has remained remarkably persistent even in the modern era: that fully black, or melanistic, snakes are more toxic than their multihued counterparts, a reputation that has earned them the nickname “hell adders.”
But new research suggests you can’t necessarily judge a common adder by its color. A comparison of the venom from melanistic and regularly colored adders found the difference between the two was negligible for snakebite victims, scientists report this month in Royal Society Open Science.
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