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Recent Examples of horned viper
Spider-tailed horned viper photo by Omid Mozaffari (video and more information here).
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Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2014
The Saharan horned viper and the sidewinding adder of the Namib desert — which are closely related — have belly scales with uniform pits and no spikes.
—New York Times, 1 Feb. 2021
Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2014
The Saharan horned viper and the sidewinding adder of the Namib desert — which are closely related — have belly scales with uniform pits and no spikes.
—New York Times, 1 Feb. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horned viper
Noun
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The garter snakes were all safely released on the same property away from where the crews were digging.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Sacbee.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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The Sierra garter snake told us this is not the case.—
Sean Greene,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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The timber rattlesnake is a pit viper that is gray in color, sometimes with a pinkish hue, with black and brown diamond-like shapes across its back.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
11 June 2025
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And when something warm moves across a cool background, that’s all the information a pit viper needs.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Apartments would transform into humid hothouses, the perfect habitat for mosquitoes, water snakes, fungus, and rushes.—
Sarah Durn,
Popular Science,
5 June 2025
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Waterfowl glided near us, a water snake slithered by.—
Elisabeth Vincentelli,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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According to the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, between 7,000 to 8,000 people are bit by a venomous snake (including rattlesnakes, copperheads, cottonmouths and coral snakes) in the U.S. each year.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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In mouse trials, the antidote was found to be protective against venom from the black mamba, king cobra, coral snakes and tiger snakes, among others.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
5 May 2025
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According to wildlife specialist Kayla Jobe, who spoke with KOKI, bull snakes are not venomous and can be helpful to have near (but not in) your home since the reptile eats small rodents.—
Tabitha Parent,
People.com,
17 Dec. 2024
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The backyard was home to a population of wildlife, such as bull snakes, racoons and skunks.—
Dana Oland,
Idaho Statesman,
31 Jan. 2024
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The Fort Worth Zoo is one of four places across North America that houses the Louisiana pine snake species.—
Nicholas Rice,
Peoplemag,
19 May 2024
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The Fort Worth Zoo has released a total of 229 Louisiana pine snakes into the wild in recent years, per the facility.—
Nicholas Rice,
Peoplemag,
19 May 2024
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There are also mitigation plans for Florida scrub jays, eastern indigo snakes, gopher tortoises and bald eagles.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 June 2025
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Large but docile eastern indigo snakes rule the forest floor, though their rosy cheeks and lustrous bodies are rarely seen.—
Elise Bennett,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 May 2025
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Scott Reef is a remote ecosystem millions of years old that’s home to a diverse array of marine life including endangered dusky sea snakes and migratory pygmy blue whales.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
28 May 2025
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Take, for example, a species of sea snake that inhabits the inland bays of New Caledonia, an island in the Pacific Ocean.—
Stephen S. Hall,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Horned viper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horned%20viper. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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