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Pit Viper is an American company based in South Salt Lake, Utah. The company designs, develops and manufactures sports performance equipment and lifestyle pieces including sunglasses , safety glasses, eyeglasses , sports visors, ski/snowboard goggles utilizing a 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s aesthetic combined with an irreverent, absurdist ...
Weapon Caliber In service Variants Photo Country Stechkin APS Stechkin automatic pistol select-fire machine-pistol 9×18mm Makarov: 1951–present
The Crotalinae, commonly known as pit vipers, [2] [3] or pit adders, are a subfamily of vipers found in Asia and the Americas. Like all other vipers, they are venomous . They are distinguished by the presence of a heat-sensing pit organ located between the eye and the nostril on both sides of the head.
Common names: hognosed pit viper, [1] hognosed pit viper, [3] rainforest hognosed pit viper, [4] horned hog-nosed viper. [5] Porthidium nasutum is a pit viper species found in southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America. No subspecies are currently recognized. [1] [3]
Bothrops taeniatus, the speckled forest-pitviper, [2] is a species of pit viper found in the equatorial forests of South America endemic to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, And Brazil. The specific name , taenia , is derived from the Greek word, tainia , meaning ribbon bandage or stripe, in reference to the slender body.
Common names: Lansberg's hognosed pit viper. [3] Porthidium lansbergii is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper in the family Viperidae. The species is native to eastern Central America and northwestern South America. Four subspecies are recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here. [4]
Bothriechis nigroviridis is a pit viper species found in the mountains of Costa Rica and Panama. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] No subspecies are currently recognized. [ 3 ] The specific name is derived from the Latin niger (black) and viridis (green) in reference to its distinctive color pattern.
The generic name, Bothrops, comes from the Greek words bothros and ops, which mean 'pit' and 'face' (or 'eye'), respectively. This is a reference to these snakes' highly sensitive heat-detecting pit organs. The specific epithet, asper, which is a Latin word meaning 'rough' or 'harsh', may allude to the species' keeled dorsal scales. [8]