(175) باب فِي قَتْلِ الْحَيَّاتِ
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Ibn 'Ajilan through a different chain of narrators briefly. This version has:
He should give it a warning three times. If it appears to him after that, he should kill it, for it is a devil.
Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 5258
In-book reference: Book 43, Hadith 486
English translation: Book 42, Hadith 5238