Definition of Crotaline. Meaning of Crotaline. Synonyms of Crotaline

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Definition of Crotaline

Crotaline
Crotaline Crot"a*line (kr?t"?-l?n or kr?`t?-), a. [See Crotalus.] (Zo["o]l.) Resembling, or pertaining to, the Crotalidae, or Rattlesnake family.

Meaning of Crotaline from wikipedia

- southern Canada southward to Central America to southern South America. Crotalines are a versatile subfamily, with members found in habitats ranging from...
- though the morphology of the vasculature differs between these snakes and crotalines. The purpose of the vasculature, in addition to providing oxygen to the...
- coyotes, weasels, whipsnakes, kingsnakes, and racers. Young of the smaller crotaline species are frequently killed and eaten by small predatory birds, such...
- and subspecies of the subfamily Crotalinae, otherwise referred to as crotalines, pit vipers, or pitvipers, and including rattlesnakes Crotalus and Sistrurus...
- species and subspecies List of uropeltid species and subspecies List of crotaline species and subspecies List of viperine species and subspecies List of...
- also refers to the scales which lie between the eye and the nostril. In crotaline snakes (pit vipers), loreal pits are present on either side of the head...
- (February 3, 2011). "Unified treatment algorithm for the management of crotaline snakebite in the United States: results of an evidence-informed consensus...
- or fossa, in the loreal area on either side of the head in pit vipers (crotaline snakes). The area is located behind the nostril and in front of the eye...
- predatory mammals such as mongooses and hedgehogs. Didelphin opossums and crotaline vipers have been suggested to be in an evolutionary arms race. Some authors...
- The lacunolabial scale is a large scale that forms in some crotaline snakes (pitvipers) when the prelacunal scale fuses with the second (rarely the third)...