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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.
Image Species [4] Taxon author [4] Subsp.* [4] Common name [1] Geographic range [3] M. borealis [5] Tepos-Ramírez et al., 2021 0 Boreal jumping pit viper Mexico on the Sierra Madre Oriental, South of San Luis Potosi to Hidalgo and North of Veracruz. M. indomitus: Smith & Ferrari-Castro, 2008 0 Botaderos jumping pit viper
Crotalus oreganus, commonly known as the Western rattlesnake or northern Pacific rattlesnake, [4] [5] is a venomous pit viper species found in western North America from the Baja California Peninsula to the southern interior of British Columbia.
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.
Gloydius caucasicus, the Caucasian pit viper, is a species of venomous snake in the genus Gloydius found in Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Afghanistan. [ 1 ] Etymology
Cite this page; Get shortened URL; Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... or jumping viper, [3] is a pit viper species endemic to Mexico. Description
Gloydius is a genus of pit vipers endemic to Asia, also known as Asian moccasins or Asian ground pit vipers. Named after American herpetologist Howard K. Gloyd , [ 2 ] this genus is very similar to the North American genus Agkistrodon . 24 species are currently recognized.
Cite this page; Get shortened URL; Download QR code; Print/export ... Trimeresurus mayaae also commonly known as Maya's pit viper is a species of venomous pit viper ...