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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
Although a few species of crotalines are highly active by day, such as Trimeresurus trigonocephalus, a bright green pit viper endemic to Sri Lanka, most are nocturnal, preferring to avoid high daytime temperatures and to hunt when their favored prey are also active. The snakes' heat-sensitive pits are also thought to aid in locating cooler ...
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.
Adults are short and exceedingly stout, commonly growing to 18–24 inches (46–61 centimetres) in total length. The snout is rounded with a sharp canthus. [3]At midbody there are 23–27 rows of dorsal scales that are strongly keeled, tubercular in large specimens.
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.
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 ...
Bothrocophias is a genus of pit vipers in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae, known by the common name toadheaded pit vipers. [1] The genus is endemic to South America. [ 2 ]
Cite this page; Get shortened URL; Download QR code; ... Metlapilcoatlus mexicanus is a pit viper species [4] ... Regarded as a full species, ...