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  2. Pit viper - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Agkistrodon piscivorus - Wikipedia

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    Agkistrodon piscivorus is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. It is one of the world's few semiaquatic vipers (along with the Florida cottonmouth), and is native to the Southeastern United States. [5] As an adult, it is large and capable of delivering a painful and potentially fatal bite.

  4. Porthidium nasutum - Wikipedia

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    Common names: hognosed pit viper, [1] hognosed pit viper, [3] rainforest hognosed pit viper, [4] horned hog-nosed viper. [5] Porthidium nasutum is a pit viper species found in southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America. No subspecies are currently recognized. [1] [3]

  5. List of crotaline species and subspecies - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Agkistrodon - Wikipedia

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    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]

  7. Ayeyarwady pit vipers can reach over 3 feet in length, the study said. They have “sharply” textured scales with an overall green coloring that varies in hue and pattern.

  8. Bothrops taeniatus - Wikipedia

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    Bothrops taeniatus, the speckled forest-pitviper, [2] is a species of pit viper found in the equatorial forests of South America endemic to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, And Brazil. The specific name, taenia, is derived from the Greek word, tainia, meaning ribbon bandage or stripe, in reference to the slender body.

  9. Venomous 1-foot-long creature found hunting in forest of ...

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    Rahim’s eyelash pit vipers are tree-dwellers living in coastal forests, the study said. Researchers have found these snakes hunting, eating frogs and “perched on stems, branches, and tangled ...