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The Crotalinae, commonly known as pit vipers, crotaline snakes, or pit adders, are a subfamily of venomous vipers found in Eurasia and the Americas. They are distinguished by the presence of a heat-sensing pit organ located between the eye and the nostril on either side of the head. Currently, 18 genera and 151 species are recognized: 7 genera and 54 species in the Old World, against a greater diversity of 11 genera and 97 species in the New World.

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  • The Crotalinae, commonly known as pit vipers, crotaline snakes, or pit adders, are a subfamily of venomous vipers found in Eurasia and the Americas. They are distinguished by the presence of a heat-sensing pit organ located between the eye and the nostril on either side of the head. Currently, 18 genera and 151 species are recognized: 7 genera and 54 species in the Old World, against a greater diversity of 11 genera and 97 species in the New World.
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  • Pit Viper
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  • * Agkistrodontini - Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1983
  • * Agkistrodontinii - Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981
  • * Bothrophera - Garman, 1884
  • * Bothrophes - Fitzinger, 1843
  • * Cophiadae - Boie, 1827
  • * Cophiinae - Cope, 1895
  • * Crotales - Cuvier, 1817
  • * Crotalida - Strauch, 1873
  • * Crotalidae - Gay, 1825
  • * Crotalina - Bonaparte, 1831
  • * Crotalinae - Cope, 1860
  • * Crotalini - Oppel, 1811
  • * Crotaloidae - Fitzinger, 1826
  • * Crotaloidei - Eichwald, 1831
  • * Lachesinae - Cope, 1900
  • * Lachesinii - Smith, Smith & Sawin, 1977
  • * Teleuraspides - Cope, 1871
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