- Viperinae, or
viperines, are a
subfamily of
vipers endemic to Europe, Asia and Africa. They are
distinguished by
their lack of the heat-sensing pit organs...
- The
viperine water snake or
viperine snake (Natrix maura) is a semiaquatic, fish-eating
natricine water snake.
Despite its
common names, it is not a member...
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feigning death.
Viperines can
sense their prey's
infrared radiation through bare
nerve endings on the skin of
their heads. Also,
viperines and some boids...
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separate family: the Crotalidae. Today, however, the
monophyly of the
viperines and the
crotalines as a
whole is undisputed,
which is why they are treated...
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species and
subspecies of the
subfamily Viperinae,
otherwise referred to as
viperines, true vipers,
pitless vipers or Old
World vipers. It
follows the taxonomy...
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disruption of the blood-clotting system. Also
being vasculotoxic in nature,
viperine venom causes vascular endothelial damage and hemolysis.
Death is usually...
- heat-sensitive pit
organs common to the Crotalinae, it is one of a
number of
viperines that are
apparently able to
react to
thermal cues,
further supporting...
- 1864 2 west
coast black-headed sea
snake H.
viperinus Schmidt, 1852 0
viperine sea
snake Persian Gulf and
Western Indian Ocean to
Western Pacific Ocean...
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species and
subspecies List of
crotaline species and
subspecies List of
viperine species and
subspecies List of
anomalepidid species and
subspecies List...
- of
pythonid species and
subspecies List of
Serpentes families List of
viperine species and
subspecies By
other characteristics: List of
dangerous snakes...
