Pit vipers also carry venom in twin glands behind their eyes, delivered through movable fangs that can be folded up against ...

Lancehead pit vipers are one of the most feared snakes in South America. Their reputation is well-deserved; data suggests that they kill more people than any other American reptile. However ...

In this column, I discuss the largest group of venomous snakes found in the Southeast — pit vipers. The Southeast is home to copperheads, cottonmouths and three kinds of rattlesnakes ...

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By this time, the H. K. Mulford Company offered two additional varieties of snake antivenom. The first, Antivenin Bothropic, was another polyvalent antivenom created to neutralize the venom of South ...

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Pit vipers, along with several of their snake cousins, marry two senses to better locate prey at night: sight and a heat-detecting ability. Deep pits, which lie on each side of the snake's face ...

The South American bushmaster (Lachesis muta) is the largest venomous snake in the Western ... Living primarily in the Americas and Asia, pit vipers inhabit diverse environments, from forests to ...

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