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Common names: Siberian pit viper, [2] Halys viper, [3] Halys pit viper, [4] more. Gloydius halys is a pit viper species found within a wide range that stretches across Asia, from Russia, east of the Urals, eastwards through China. Four subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominotypical form described here. [5]
Gloydius halys boehmei, or the Böhme's pitviper, is a subspecies of Halys pitviper from Eastern Afghanistan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As with all pit vipers , it is venomous . [ 4 ]
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.
Agkistrodon halys is a taxonomic synonym that may refer to: Gloydius halys , a.k.a. the Siberian pit viper, a venomous pitviper species found within a wide range that stretches from Russia, east of the Urals, eastwards through China and also includes the southern Ryukyu Islands
Glydius cognatus has previously been considered a subspecies of G. halys, and a synonym of G. brevicaudus and either G. strauchi or G. intermedius. [2] [4] It is now elevated to its own separate species, [5] and is theorised to have split from G. halys and G. intermedius during the pleistocene.
Halys River, a western name for the Kızılırmak River (Turkish: "Red River") in Anatolia; Halys, a genus of stink bugs; A taxonomic synonym for the genus Gloydius, also known as Asian moccasin snakes, a group of venomous pitvipers found in Asia Gloydius halys, also known by the names Halys viper and Halys pit viper
Timber rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus This is a list of all sure genera, species and subspecies of the subfamily Crotalinae, [1] otherwise referred to as crotalines, pit vipers, or pitvipers, and including rattlesnakes Crotalus and Sistrurus.
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.