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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.
The Timber rattlesnake, (Crotalus horridus), [192] is a species of venomous pit viper endemic to eastern North America. This is the only rattlesnake species in most of the populous northeastern United States and is second only to its cousins to the west, the prairie rattlesnake, as the most northerly distributed venomous snake in North America.
Rattlesnakes are venomous snakes that form the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus [1] of the subfamily Crotalinae (the pit vipers). All rattlesnakes are vipers.Rattlesnakes are predators that live in a wide array of habitats, hunting small animals such as birds and rodents.
Both snakes are venomous pit vipers found across North Carolina, but you likely won’t see a rattlesnake in the Triangle. Rattlesnakes are found in surrounding areas, however, particularly east ...
Another pit viper found in South Carolina is the timber rattlesnake. They’re big and live in the woods in the mountains. ... There are 700 types of poisonous snakes in the world and 30 live in ...
Bothrops is a genus of highly venomous pit vipers endemic to the Neotropics. [1] The generic name, Bothrops, is derived from the Greek words βόθρος, bothros, meaning ' pit ', and ὄψ, ops, meaning ' eye ' or ' face ', together an allusion to the heat-sensitive loreal pit organs.
Crotalus cerastes, known as the sidewinder, horned rattlesnake or sidewinder rattlesnake, [3] is a pit viper species belonging to the genus Crotalus (the rattlesnakes), and is found in the desert regions of the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Like all other pit vipers, it is venomous. Three subspecies are currently ...
Trimeresurus stejnegeri is a species of venomous pit viper endemic to Asia.Two subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here. [3]Common names for this pit viper include Stejneger's pit viper, Chinese pit viper, Chinese green tree viper, [4] bamboo viper, Chinese bamboo pitviper, 69 bamboo viper, and Chinese tree viper. [5]