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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.
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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
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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
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However, eastern garter snakes and eastern rat snakes are both native to Virginia.Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2024
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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
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For one thing, rattlesnakes have different fat profiles than Chinese water snakes.Jordan Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
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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
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The backyard was home to a population of wildlife, such as bull snakes, racoons and skunks.Dana Oland, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
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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
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According to the Weixin post, snakes native to North America like the Texas rat snake and the milk snake were discovered in the smuggler's trousers.Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 12 July 2024
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The Guatemalan milk snake had much smaller hemiclitores, measuring 0.1 inches long and 0.06 inches wide, per the Times.Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2022
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Explore her life at the center and learn how rat snakes survive in the wild.Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2024
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According to the Weixin post, snakes native to North America like the Texas rat snake and the milk snake were discovered in the smuggler's trousers.Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 12 July 2024
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However, certain species — such as rat snakes and rough green snakes — are better at climbing than others.Sarah Linn, Sacramento Bee, 12 July 2024
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During their surveys, researchers encountered several of these green snakes lurking in a cave, the study said.Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024
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Cadden added that after speaking to a Game and Fish expert on reptiles, the slithery creature appeared to be a gopher snake, one of the most common nonvenomous snakes in Arizona.Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2024
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Its tail is also wide and blunt, compared to the gopher snake’s thinner, more pointed one.Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 June 2022
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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
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This marks the eighth consecutive year the organizations have released eastern indigo snakes into the area.Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024
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“Pit viper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pit%20viper. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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