pit-viper

The more ferocious snakes here include fer-de-lance Bothrops asper, coral snake Micrurus spp., boa constrictor Boa constrictor, palm pit-viper Bothriechis spp. and bushmaster Lachesis muta.

Canaima National Park, Venezuela 2009

It evidently draws a sharp distinction between poisonous and non-poisonous snakes, for Mr. Ditmars has recorded that two individuals in the Bronx Zoo which are habitually fed on harmless snakes, and attack them eagerly, refused to attack a copperhead which was thrown into their cage, being evidently afraid of this pit-viper.

I. The Start 1914

For no serpents give off that peculiar odor. except members of the pit-viper family.

Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story Albert Payson Terhune 1907

It evidently draws a sharp distinction between poisonous and non-poisonous snakes, for Mr. Ditmars has recorded that two individuals in the Bronx Zoo which are habitually fed on harmless snakes, and attack them eagerly, refused to attack a copperhead which was thrown into their cage, being evidently afraid of this pit-viper.

Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1888

It was not a thick blunt-bodied serpent like our venomous pit-viper, our largest snake, and though in shape it conformed to our two common harmless species it was twice as big as the biggest specimens I had ever seen of them.

Far Away and Long Ago 1881

Inside, in a brown cardboard box labeled 'Blue Brand Spread for Bread,' agents found 14 cane rats impaled on sticks, six monkey heads, numerous impaled mice and a pit-viper skull, records show.

The Times Today's News 2010

a pit-viper of the same family as the fer-de-lance, the bush-master, and the rattlesnake.

Far Away and Long Ago 1881

The -- the only other pit-viper I ever heard of in Florida is the -- cotton-mouth moccasin! "

Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story Albert Payson Terhune 1907