horned viper

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Recent Examples of horned viper Spider-tailed horned viper photo by Omid Mozaffari (video and more information here). 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
  • However, eastern garter snakes and eastern rat snakes are both native to Virginia.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Apart from garter snakes, which are known to cluster together in their hundreds in what’s called a hibernaculum during the winter months, most snakes are solo actors.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 July 2024
Noun
  • On top of that, many snakes, including pit vipers, have infrared vision.
    Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Specifically that means pit vipers, which includes timber rattlesnakes (found in Connecticut) and copperheads and water moccasins.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • For one thing, rattlesnakes have different fat profiles than Chinese water snakes.
    Jordan Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
  • My friend the artist and naturalist George Sanford McGee, who came with us, spotted a gorgeous brown water snake napping on one knee.
    John Jeremiah Sullivan, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2024
Noun
  • This family of about 400 species includes coral snakes, cobras, and mambas and is considered medically important since their bites can destroy tissue, cause the heart to collapse, induce blindness, and more.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 Sep. 2024
  • In the Southeast, there are several venomous snakes that could potentially cause an injury to a human or pet: three species of rattlesnakes (eastern diamondback, timber, and pygmy), copperhead, cotton mouth (also known as water moccasins), and coral snake, says Maerz.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • The backyard was home to a population of wildlife, such as bull snakes, racoons and skunks.
    Dana Oland, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Various rat snakes are also known for eating a bunch of bird eggs, as are bull snakes, kingsnakes, and eastern racers.
    Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2023
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • An eastern indigo snake squirms in the hands of one keeper and a possum named Ken eats apples and lima beans while perched on the shoulder of another.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 May 2024
  • This marks the eighth consecutive year the organizations have released eastern indigo snakes into the area.
    Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024
Noun
  • Filmed over nearly four years, the series explores locations from the Himalayas to the Western Pacific, featuring wildlife stories including elephants that have learned to stop buses to steal food in Sri Lanka and sea snakes hunting in partnership with fish.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
  • There was yet more to see—wild horses and noodle-nosed saiga antelope, coves of turquoise water filled with shipwrecks and sea snakes, and camel caravans on the Turkman border.
    J.R. Patterson, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 June 2024

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