Pit Viper
Pictures

Bothriechis lateralis is a venomous pit viper species found in the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama

Wagler's palm pit viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri), close up.

March’s Palm Pit Viper (Bothriechis marchi)

Mangshan Pit Viper (Protobothrops mangshanensis)

Bamboo Pit Viper

Western diamondback rattlesnakes are large pitvipers.

Biologists divide the snake body into four quadrants that coincide with the placement of their internal organs.

A juvenile Himalayan Pit Viper, Gloydius himalayanus in Uttaranchal, India. These snakes are commonly found in India, Nepal and Pakistan.

blue snake on a branch

This pit viper is small and beautiful but venemous.

Crotalus molossus is a venomous pit viper species found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Common names: black-tailed rattlesnake, green rattler, Northern black-tailed rattlesnake.

Rattlesnakes are pitvipers that have heat-sensing organs between their nostrils and eyes.