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Recent Examples of pit viper
Note that all pit vipers — cottonmouths, copperheads and rattlesnakes — require the same antivenom, and most hospitals have a good supply on hand.
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Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 31 July 2025
With an opening on each side of their head between the eye and nostril, pit vipers are broken into three groups: copperheads, cottonmouths and rattlesnakes, according to TPWD.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2025
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
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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Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 31 July 2025
With an opening on each side of their head between the eye and nostril, pit vipers are broken into three groups: copperheads, cottonmouths and rattlesnakes, according to TPWD.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2025
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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pit viper
Noun
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The crushed garter snake is scrawled on the tarmac in an ampersand.—
Rosanna Warren,
The Atlantic,
7 Sep. 2025
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The Sierra garter snake told us this is not the case.—
Sean Greene,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Non-venomous serpents include rat, garter, bull and water snakes.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 July 2025
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In 2016, 20 southern banded water snakes were pulled from the area.—
Olivia Rose,
AZCentral.com,
22 July 2025
Noun
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Among the common non-venomous snakes found around here are garter, rat and bull snakes.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 July 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
Noun
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Often mistaken for king snakes or milk snakes, coral snakes display distinctive red, yellow, and black rings encircling their bodies.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
31 July 2025
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Their distinctive bright colors of red, yellow and black are easily confused with the nonvenomous milk snake and the scarlet kingsnake, which has red, black, yellow or white banding.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Just a rat snake…nothing dangerous.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Back in 2020, meanwhile, a man got the shock of his life when a four-foot rat snake began ringing his doorbell.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 July 2025
Noun
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Other snakes seen during the biannual Snake Road movement include nonvenomous plain-bellied water snakes, rough green snakes, and Western ribbon snakes, as well as venomous species like the northern copperhead and timber rattlesnake.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside,
19 Sep. 2025
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Rat snakes eat small rodents, green snakes will snack on insects and garden snakes feed on worms.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 July 2025
Noun
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If there was a six-foot gopher snake roaming the property, why not a rattlesnake, too?—
T. Coraghessan Boyle,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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However, gopher snakes tend to be a bit bigger than rattlesnakes — typically measuring up to 8 feet in length.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Endangered Florida panthers and indigo snakes will be killed by the increasing vehicle traffic entering the facility.—
Elise Bennett,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Aug. 2025
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On April 25, The Nature Conservancy and its partners released 42 young eastern indigo snakes, 22 females and 20 males, at the Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve (ABRP) in Florida.—
Kelli Bender,
People.com,
8 May 2025
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“Pit viper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pit%20viper. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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