(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. (IT)
Reference (IT): Sunan Abi Dawud 5258 (IT)
In-book reference (IT): Book 43, Hadith 486 (IT)
English translation (IT): Book 42, Hadith 5238 (IT)