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 UCF Biology: Christopher L. Parkinson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Their sistergroup, the true vipers (Viperinae), are distributed throughout Africa, Europe and Asia.
Important questions concerning the pitvipers are their place of origin, their closest relatives among the Viperinae, and the time of dispersal to the New World.
Another aspect of my research includes plant molecular evolution, using comparative genomics among their multiple genomes to study molecular evolutionary processes.
www.cas.ucf.edu /biology/faculty_parkinson.php   (339 words)

  
 Viper,Reptiles,Amphibians,Viper Picture Gallery Collection,Viper Pictures,Encyclopedia,Viper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
When preparing to bite, a viper erects these fangs to a perpendicular position by rotating each maxillary on the front end of the supporting prefrontal bone.
The viper family, Viperidae, is usually divided into two subfamilies: the Viperinae, or true vipers, and the Crotalinae, containing the PIT VIPERS.
Some classifications, however, regard the pit vipers as a separate family, the Crotalidae.
www.4to40.com /earth/geography/htm/reptilesindex.asp?counter=52   (487 words)

  
 Vipera berus, European adder - Animals, Reptiles and Amphibians at The Natural History Museum, London
Adders are members of the subfamily Viperinae of true, or pitless vipers, within the family Viperidae of old world vipers.
Most vipers grouped under Viperinae are also commonly known as adders, except for the group of pit vipers.
Pit vipers, also known as crotalines, are new world vipers belonging to the subfamily Crotalinae, within the family Viperidae.
piclib.nhm.ac.uk /piclib/www/image.php?cat=2&img=93155   (118 words)

  
 Viperinae2001
(2000) used mitochondrial DNA sequences to analyse the phylogeny of the pitless vipers (Viperinae).
Their results have a number of implications on the taxonomy of viperine snakes, which will be discussed here.
Tuniyev, B.S. and S.V. Ostrovskikh (2001) Two new species of vipers of "kaznakovi" complex (Ophidia, Viperinae) from the Western Cauc
biology.bangor.ac.uk /~bss166/Updates/Viperinae2001.htm   (779 words)

  
 Bitis:the kings of pitless vipers - Viperinae Forum at VenomousReptiles.org
Bitis:the kings of pitless vipers - Viperinae Forum at VenomousReptiles.org
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 Title 92   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The genus Bitis is comprised of 16 currently recognized species of Viperinae snakes confined exclusively to the continent of Africa.
Included in this genus are some of the largest and most dangerous venomous serpents on the Earth - Gabon Viper and Puff Adder - to arguably the smallest venomous Viperinae snakes in the world; Bitis peringueyi and Bitis schneideri.
These snakes have recently been divided into four subgenera by some workers (Lenk et al.
www.globalherp.com /id92.htm   (898 words)

  
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The Viperidae is divided into two subfamilies, the Viperinae and Crotalinae (the pitvipers).
In addition to the traits characteristic of the Viperinae they also have
www.stetson.edu /artsci/pigmy/piginfo.php   (3863 words)

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