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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.
Trimeresurus tibetanus, also commonly known as the Tibetan bamboo pit viper [4] and the Tibetan pit viper, is a species of venomous pit viper in the family Viperidae. The species is found only in Tibet. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid. [5]
Common names: cantil, Mexican cantil, Mexican ground pit viper, [3] cantil viper, [4] black moccasin, [5] Mexican moccasin, [4] more. Agkistrodon bilineatus is a highly venomous pit viper species found in Mexico and Central America as far south as Honduras. [2]
Agkistrodon is a genus of pit vipers commonly known as American moccasins. [2] [3] The genus is endemic to North America, ranging from the Southern United States to northern Costa Rica. [1] Eight species are currently recognized, [4] [5] all of them monotypic and closely related. [6] Common names include: cottonmouths, copperheads, and cantils. [7]
Hagen's pit viper Peninsular Thailand, West Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia (Sumatra and the nearby islands of Bangka, Simalur, Nias, Batu and the Mentawai Islands. T. honsonensis: L. Grismer, Ngo & J. Grismer, 2008 0 Hon Son pit viper Southern Vietnam. T. insularis: Kramer, 1977 0 Sunda Island pit viper, White-lipped island pit viper
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.
Trimeresurus vogeli, commonly known as the Vogel's pit viper, [2] is a venomous pitviper species native to Southeast Asia. Etymology
Common names: Lansberg's hognosed pit viper. [3] Porthidium lansbergii is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper in the family Viperidae. The species is native to eastern Central America and northwestern South America. Four subspecies are recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here. [4]