Viperidae/Definition

From Citizendium
< Viperidae
Revision as of 07:53, 2 March 2024 by John Leach (talk | contribs) (Text replacement - "Ireland" to "Ireland")
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This article contains just a definition and optionally other subpages (such as a list of related articles), but no metadata. Create the metadata page if you want to expand this into a full article.


Viperidae [r]: are a family of venomous snakes found all over the world, except in Antarctica, Australia, Ireland, Madagascar, Hawaii (U.S. state), New Zealand, various other isolated islands, and north of the Arctic Circle. All have relatively long, hinged fangs that permit deep penetration and injection of venom.