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Crotalidae
(redirected from Crotalinae)

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Noun1.Crotalidae - New World vipers: pit vipers
family Crotalidae
reptile family - a family of reptiles
Ophidia, Serpentes, suborder Ophidia, suborder Serpentes - snakes
pit viper - New World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head
Agkistrodon, Ancistrodon, genus Agkistrodon, genus Ancistrodon - copperheads
rattler, rattlesnake - pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
Crotalus, genus Crotalus - large rattlesnakes; seldom bite unless startled or pursuing prey
genus Sistrurus, Sistrurus - pygmy rattlesnakes
Bothrops, genus Bothrops - fer-de-lance
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6) The water moccasin belongs to the Crotalinae family which, including copperhead and rattlesnake, is the main family of poisonous snake in Mississippi.
Necrotizing fasciitis of the upper extremity resulting from a water ... by Chapman, Stanley W. / Southern Medical Journal
Crotalid is used to describe the Crotalinae subfamily (formerly know as Crotalidae) of venomous snakes that compose the vast majority of common North American snakes, including rattlesnakes, copperheads and cottonmouths/water moccasins.
Fougera Marks Fifth Snakebite Season with CroFab(TM); Crotalidae ... by Business Wire
The term crotalid is used to describe the Crotalinae subfamily (formerly know as the Crotalidae) of venomous snakes that includes rattlesnakes, copperheads and cottonmouths/water moccasins.
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