#family_Crotalidae__Crotalidae New World vipers: pit vipers
supertype: #reptile_family__reptilefamily a family of reptiles
member of: #suborder_Serpentes
member: #pit_viper__pitviper New World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head
member: #genus_Agkistrodon__Agkistrodon__Ancistrodon__genus_Ancistrodon copperheads
member: #copperhead__Agkistrodon_contortrix common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States
member: #cottonmouth__water_moccasin__watermoccasin__cottonmouth_moccasin__cottonmouthmoccasin__agkistrodonpiscivoru venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States
member: #rattlesnake pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
member: #genus_Crotalus__Crotalus large rattlesnakes; seldom bite unless startled or pursuing prey
member: #timber_rattlesnake__banded_rattlesnake__Crotalus_horridus_horridus widely distributed in rugged ground of eastern United States
member: #prairie_rattlesnake__prairie_rattler__Western_rattlesnake__Crotalus_viridis widely distributed between the Mississippi and the Rockies
member: #horned_rattlesnake__sidewinder__Crotalus_cerastes small pale-colored desert rattlesnake of southwestern United States; body moves in an S-shaped curve
member: #Western_diamondback_rattlesnake__Western_diamondback__Crotalus_atrox largest and most dangerous North American snake; of southwestern United States and Mexico
member: #rock_rattlesnake__Crotalus_lepidus mountain rock dweller of Mexico and most southern parts of United States southwest
member: #tiger_rattlesnake__tigerrattlesnake__Crotalus_tigris having irregularly cross-banded back; of arid foothills and canyons of southern Arizona and Mexico
member: #Mojave_rattlesnake__Crotalus_scutulatus extremely dangerous; most common in areas of scattered scrubby growth; from Mojave Desert to w. Texas and into Mexico
member: #speckled_rattlesnake__Crotalus_mitchellii markings vary but usually harmonize with background; of sw Arizona and Baja California
member: #genus_Sistrurus__Sistrurus pygmy rattlesnakes
member: #massasauga_rattler__massasauga__Sistrurus_catenatus pygmy rattlesnake found in moist areas from the Great Lakes to Mexico; feeds on mice and small amphibians
member: #genus_Bothrops__Bothrops fer-de-lance
member: #fer-de-lance__Bothrops_atrops large extremely venomous pit viper of Central and South America
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