spitting snake vs Hemachatus haemachatus

spitting snake and Hemachatus haemachatus both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spitting snake	Yes	No	No	No
Hemachatus haemachatus	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, spitting snake and Hemachatus haemachatus are synonyms defined as:

spitting snake and Hemachatus haemachatus: highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet

Other synonyms of spitting snake include ringhals, rinkhals.

spitting snake (noun)	Hemachatus haemachatus (noun)
highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet	highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet