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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.
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Mixcoatlus browni (commonly known as Brown's montane pit viper, [1] [2] sometimes Mexican montane pitviper [3]) is a species of pit viper found at high elevations in Guerrero, Mexico. This species was previously placed in the genus Agkistrodon , where it was considered to be a junior synonym of Cerrophidion barbouri .
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]
The Central American eyelash-pitviper (Bothriechis nigroadspersus) (from Latin, nigrum, meaning "black", and adspersus meaning "sprinkled") is a species of pit viper. [1] Although once listed as a synonym of Bothriechis schlegelii, it was revalidated in a 2024 revision of the latter species. [1]
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.
Metlapilcoatlus is a genus of pit vipers endemic to Mexico and Central America.Six species are currently recognized. The common names suggest they are able to leap at an attacker, but this is likely exaggerated.
Common names: hognose pit vipers [2] Porthidium is a genus of pit vipers found in Mexico and southward to northern South America. [1] The name is derived from the Greek word portheo and the suffix -idus, which mean "destroy" and "having the nature of", apparently a reference to the venom. [2] As of August 2016 nine species are recognized as ...