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61 relations: Angle of repose, Antivenom, Arizona, Baja California, Bitis caudalis, Bitis peringueyi, California, Caudal luring, Coagulopathy, Colorado Desert, Colorado River, Crotalus, Crotalus cerastes cercobombus, Crotalus cerastes laterorepens, Desert, Diurnality, Dorsal scales, Ecchymosis, Edward Drinker Cope, Edward Hallowell (herpetologist), Elliott Coues, George Albert Boulenger, George Wheeler (explorer), Hectare, Homeothermy, Intravenous therapy, IUCN Red List, Keeled scales, Laurence Monroe Klauber, Lepidoptera, List of crotaline species and subspecies, Los Angeles County, California, Maricopa County, Arizona, Mexico, Mohave County, Arizona, Mojave Desert, Mono County, California, Nevada, Nocturnality, Pima County, Arizona, Pinal County, Arizona, Pit viper, Riverside County, California, San Bernardino County, California, Sidewinding, Snakebite, Snakebot, Sonora, Sonoran Desert, Species, ..., Subcutaneous tissue, Subspecies, Supraocular scales, United States, Utah, Venomous snake, Ventral scales, Viperidae, Washington County, Utah, Wilfred T. Neill, Yuma County, Arizona. Expand index (11 more) »
Angle of repose
The angle of repose, or critical angle of repose, of a granular material is the steepest angle of descent or dip relative to the horizontal plane to which a material can be piled without slumping.
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Antivenom
Antivenom, also known as antivenin, venom antiserum and antivenom immunoglobulin, is a medication made from antibodies which is used to treat certain venomous bites and stings.
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Arizona
Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a U.S. state in the southwestern region of the United States.
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Baja California
Baja CaliforniaSometimes informally referred to as Baja California Norte (North Lower California) to distinguish it from both the Baja California Peninsula, of which it forms the northern half, and Baja California Sur, the adjacent state that covers the southern half of the peninsula.
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Bitis caudalis
Bitis caudalis is a venomous viper species found in the arid region of southwest Africa, easily distinguished by the presence of a single, large horn-like scale over each eye.
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Bitis peringueyi
Bitis peringueyi is a venomous viper species found in Namibia and southern Angola.
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California
California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.
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Caudal luring
Caudal luring is the use of tail movements by a predator to attract prey animals that think the tail is a worm or other smaller prey and approach within the striking range of the predator.
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Coagulopathy
A bleeding disorder (coagulopathy) is a condition that affects the way the blood clots.
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Colorado Desert
California's Colorado Desert is a part of the larger Sonoran Desert.
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Colorado River
The Colorado River is one of the principal rivers of the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico (the other being the Rio Grande).
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Crotalus
Crotalus is a genus of venomous pit vipers in the family Viperidae.
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Crotalus cerastes cercobombus
Crotalus cerastes cercobombus is a venomous pitviper subspecies found in an area that covers much of the eastern part of the Sonoran Desert in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
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Crotalus cerastes laterorepens
Crotalus cerastes laterorepens, with the common name Colorado Desert sidewinder,Wright AH, Wright AA.
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Desert
A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and consequently living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life.
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Diurnality
Diurnality is a form of plant or animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of sleeping, or other inactivity, at night.
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Dorsal scales
In snakes, the dorsal scales are the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, but do not include the ventral scales.
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Ecchymosis
An ecchymosis is a subcutaneous spot of bleeding (from extravasation of blood) with diameter larger than.
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Edward Drinker Cope
Edward Drinker Cope (July 28, 1840 – April 12, 1897) was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist, as well as a noted herpetologist and ichthyologist.
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Edward Hallowell (herpetologist)
Edward Hallowell (1808 – February 20, 1860) was an American herpetologist and physician.
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Elliott Coues
Elliott Coues (September 9, 1842 – December 25, 1899) was an American army surgeon, historian, ornithologist and author.
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George Albert Boulenger
George Albert Boulenger (19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians.
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George Wheeler (explorer)
George Montague Wheeler (October 9, 1842 – May 3, 1905) was an American pioneering explorer and cartographer, leader of the Wheeler Survey, one of the major surveys of the western United States in the late nineteenth century.
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Hectare
The hectare (SI symbol: ha) is an SI accepted metric system unit of area equal to a square with 100 meter sides, or 10,000 m2, and is primarily used in the measurement of land.
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Homeothermy
Homeothermy or homothermy is thermoregulation that maintains a stable internal body temperature regardless of external influence.
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Intravenous therapy
Intravenous therapy (IV) is a therapy that delivers liquid substances directly into a vein (intra- + ven- + -ous).
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IUCN Red List
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List), founded in 1964, has evolved to become the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species.
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Keeled scales
Keeled scales refer to reptile scales that, rather than being smooth, have a ridge down the center that may or may not extend to the tip of the scale,Campbell JA, Lamar WW.
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Laurence Monroe Klauber
Laurence M. Klauber (December 21, 1883 in San Diego, California – May 8, 1968), was an American herpetologist and the foremost authority on rattlesnakes.
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Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera is an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans).
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List of crotaline species and subspecies
This is a list of all sure genera, species and subspecies of the subfamily Crotalinae, otherwise referred to as crotalines, pit vipers or pitvipers.
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Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles, is the most populous county in the United States, with more than 10 million inhabitants as of 2017.
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Maricopa County, Arizona
Maricopa County is a county in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Arizona.
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Mexico
Mexico (México; Mēxihco), officially called the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America.
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Mohave County, Arizona
Mohave County is in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona.
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Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert is an arid rain-shadow desert and the driest desert in North America.
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Mono County, California
Mono County (MOH-noh) is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of California.
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Nevada
Nevada (see pronunciations) is a state in the Western, Mountain West, and Southwestern regions of the United States of America.
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Nocturnality
Nocturnality is an animal behavior characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day.
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Pima County, Arizona
Pima County is a county in the south central region of the U.S. state of Arizona.
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Pinal County, Arizona
Pinal County is a county in the central part of the U.S. state of Arizona.
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Pit viper
The Crotalinae, commonly known as pit vipers,Mehrtens JM.
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Riverside County, California
Riverside County, California, is one of fifty-eight counties in the U.S. state of California.
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San Bernardino County, California
San Bernardino County, officially the County of San Bernardino, is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California.
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Sidewinding
Sidewinding is a type of locomotion unique to caenophidian snakes, used to move across loose or slippery substrates.
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Snakebite
A snakebite is an injury caused by the bite of a snake, especially a venomous snake.
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Snakebot
A snakebot, also known as snake robot, is a biomorphic hyper-redundant robot that resembles a biological snake.
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Sonora
Sonora, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Sonora (Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora), is one of 31 states that, with Mexico City, comprise the 32 federal entities of United Mexican States.
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Sonoran Desert
The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert which covers large parts of the Southwestern United States in Arizona and California and of Northwestern Mexico in Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur.
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Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.
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Subcutaneous tissue
The subcutaneous tissue, also called the hypodermis, hypoderm, subcutis, or superficial fascia, is the lowermost layer of the integumentary system in vertebrates.
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Subspecies
In biological classification, the term subspecies refers to a unity of populations of a species living in a subdivision of the species’s global range and varies from other populations of the same species by morphological characteristics.
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Supraocular scales
In scaled reptiles, supraocular scales are (enlarged) scales on the crown immediately above the eye.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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Utah
Utah is a state in the western United States.
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Venomous snake
Venomous snakes are species of the suborder Serpentes that are capable of producing venom, which is used primarily for immobilizing prey and defense mostly via mechanical injection by fangs.
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Ventral scales
In snakes, the ventral scales or gastrosteges are the enlarged and transversely elongated scales that extend down the underside of the body from the neck to the anal scale.
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Viperidae
The Viperidae (vipers) is a family of venomous snakes found in most parts of the world, excluding Antarctica, Australia, New Zealand, Madagascar, Hawaii, various other isolated islands, and north of the Arctic Circle.
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Washington County, Utah
Washington County is a county located in the southwestern corner of Utah, United States.
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Wilfred T. Neill
Wilfred T. Neill (1922–2001) was an American herpetologist and author.
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Yuma County, Arizona
Yuma County is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalus_cerastes
