pit viper

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Recent Examples on the Web Sri Lanka also is home to all these snakes, but its most frequent envenoming is from the hump-nosed pit viper, for which no commercially available antivenom exists. Cassandra Willyard, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023 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 See all Example Sentences for pit viper 

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