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Recent Examples of pit viper
Saint Lucia fer de lance The Saint Lucia fer de lance (Bothrops caribbaeus) is a highly venomous pit viper found on the Caribbean Island of Saint Lucia and the Lesser Antilles.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Jan. 2026
Since the movie's release, searches for the Indonesian pit viper and sales of the snake have gone up on major Chinese e-commerce platforms, according to CNN.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
The duo comes face-to-face with a mysterious pit viper, Gary De’Snake (voiced by Ke Huy Quan).
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 9 Dec. 2025
The sudden appearance of a venomous pit viper named Gary De’Snake (Ke Huy Quan) sends the partners on a dangerous mission to find out why reptiles are outsiders in Zootopia and how Gary is connected to an old journal that contains the patent for the weather walls that create the city’s ecosystem.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 8 Dec. 2025
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Jan. 2026
Since the movie's release, searches for the Indonesian pit viper and sales of the snake have gone up on major Chinese e-commerce platforms, according to CNN.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
The duo comes face-to-face with a mysterious pit viper, Gary De’Snake (voiced by Ke Huy Quan).
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 9 Dec. 2025
The sudden appearance of a venomous pit viper named Gary De’Snake (Ke Huy Quan) sends the partners on a dangerous mission to find out why reptiles are outsiders in Zootopia and how Gary is connected to an old journal that contains the patent for the weather walls that create the city’s ecosystem.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 8 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pit viper
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The endangered Chiricahuan leopard frog and the northern Mexican garter snake in Arizona count among those directly threatened by this backyard bully.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Only a few thousand San Francisco garter snakes are estimated to remain in the wild.—
Pepper St. Clair,
Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2026
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
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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
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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
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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
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Though gopher snakes can grow up to 9 feet in some rare cases.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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According to the California Herps database, the San Diego Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer annectens) is a subspecies of the Pacific gopher snake and can grow over seven feet in length.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Its vast stretches are home to several endangered species, like the indigo snake and the wood stork.—
Caroline Eubanks,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Mar. 2026
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The campaign was shot in Los Angeles alongside symbolic animals — a hawk, an owl, an indigo snake and Dobermans — that are meant to represent different facets of Mackage’s DNA.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
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