yes a pit viper is a venomous snake including rattlesnakes
Another name for a pit viper is a rattlesnake.
diamondback rattlesnake
All rattlesnakes belong to the Viperidae (viper) family. They belong to the group of pit vipers out of pit vipers, puff adders, adders. So the diamondback rattlesnake would be in the Viper(idae) family.
They are poisonous. Injecting the venom, hemotoxin, as opposed to cobras, which inject neurotoxin. An example of a pit viper is a rattlesnake.
Both are dangerous, venomous snakes. But the cobra is an elapid, and the rattler is a pit viper.
No. The only venomous snakes in Missouri belong to the Pit Viper family. -Copperhead -Cottonmouth -Western Pygmy Rattlesnake -Massasauga Rattlesnake -Timber Rattlesnake
a pit viper is a snake
A rattlesnake is a pit viper, meaning it has pit that are positioed in front of its eyes. The pits allow the snake to find its prey, and after they bite their prey it allows them to find the prey and devour it.
None. Rattlesnakes are a New World family of snakes. In the pit viper group along with cottonmouths and copperheads.
A wagler pit viper is up to 4 feet
a black mamba is not a pit viper i think... i may be wrong
The pits on a pit viper are between the nostril and the eye on each side of the head.