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The eastern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), [3] also known simply as the copperhead, is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper, endemic to eastern North America; it is a member of the subfamily Crotalinae in the family Viperidae.
Pit viper India to Thailand to northern Malaysia and Indonesia: Crotalus T: Linnaeus, 1758: 51 Rattlesnakes The Americas, from southern Canada to northern Argentina Deinagkistrodon: Gloyd, 1979 1 Hundred-pace pit viper Southeast Asia Garthius: Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004 1 Mount Kinabalu pit viper, Chasen's mountain pit viper Borneo: Gloydius: Hoge ...
Considered a small viper, growing to 59 cm, the Alashan pitviper is distinguished from similar species by its specific scale counts as well as its banded pattern including 29-43 dark bands. [ 3 ] Habitat
The eastern massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus) is a rattlesnake species found in central and eastern North America from southern Ontario in Canada and throughout the Midwestern and Eastern United States. Like all rattlesnakes, it is a pit viper and is venomous; it is the only species of venomous snake in Ontario. [4]
Crotalus viridis (Common names: prairie rattlesnake, [3] [4] Great Plains rattlesnake, [5]) is a venomous pit viper species native to the western United States, southwestern Canada, and northern Mexico.
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.
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.
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.