pit viper
Also known as pit adders, pit vipers
subfamily of vipers (family Viperidae)
Species
White-lipped Pit Viper
species
Observations4,403
Die Grubenottern (Crotalinae) stellen eine Unterfamilie der Vipern (Viperidae) in der Unterordnung der Schlangen (Serpentes) dar. Der deutsche Name bezieht sich auf die bei allen Arten der Unterfamilie vorhandenen paarigen wärmeempfindlichen Grubenorgane am vorderen Oberkiefer, die den Schlangen ein dreidimensionales Wärmebild vermitteln. Dadurch können sie auch bei Dunkelheit warmblütige Beutetiere wahrnehmen. Grubenottern sind in Eurasien und Amerika verbreitet.
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Research
4,716 papers- Review of North American pit viper antivenoms.American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists · 2020
- A review of 95 pit viper envenomations in Northcentral Florida (2018-2020).Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology · 2023
- Feeding ecology of the Terciopelo pit viper snake (Bothrops asper) in Ecuador.PeerJ · 2023
- Embryonic development of the neotropical pit viper Bothrops atrox (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae), with emphasis on pit organ morphogenesis and its evolution in snakes.
Article
The Crotalinae, commonly known as pit vipers, or pit adders, are a subfamily of vipers found in Asia and the Americas, distinguished by the presence of a pair of heat-sensing organs located in a pit between the eye and the nostril on each side of the head. Currently, 23 genera and 155 species are recognized, and like all other vipers, they are venomous. These are also the only viperids found in the Americas. The groups of snakes represented here include rattlesnakes, lanceheads, and Asian pit vipers. The type genus for this subfamily is Crotalus, of which the type species is the timber rattlesnake, C. horridus.
These snakes range in size from the diminutive hump-nosed viper (Hypnale hypnale), which grows to a typical total length (including tail) of only 30–45 cm (12–18 in); to the bushmaster (Lachesis muta), a species known to reach a maximum total length of 3.65 m (12.0 ft) in length.