Synonyms of pit viper

pit viper

noun

as in garter snake

Synonyms & Similar Words

• garter snake
• water snake
• bull snake
• milk snake
• rat snake
• green snake
• gopher snake
• indigo snake
• sea snake
• coral snake
• water moccasin
• horned viper
• hognose snake
• pine snake
• sea serpent
• king snake
• chicken snake
• worm snake
• puff adder
• blue racer
• black racer
• king cobra
• rattlesnake
• diamondback rattlesnake
• cobra
• cottonmouth moccasin
• racer
• python
• moccasin
• copperhead
• boa
• constrictor
• asp
• adder
• taipan
• mamba
• anaconda
• bushmaster
• krait
• blacksnake
• sidewinder
• fer-de-lance
• viper
• snake
• serpent

Examples of pit viper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The institute produced more than 3,000 vials of antivenom targeting five species, including the hump-nosed pit viper. —Cassandra Willyard, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023

According to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute, the timber rattlesnake — also called the American viper, black rattlesnake, eastern rattlesnake, timber rattler and canebrake — is a large pit viper with a wide distribution across the eastern half of the U.S. —Muri Assuncao New York Daily News (tns), al, 14 Aug. 2022

The golden lancehead is a highly venomous pit viper. —Joe Phelan, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2023

The Medo pit viper is still little understood by scientists. —Brent Crane, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2020