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AT A GLANCECommon Name: Turtle-headed Sea SnakeScientific Name: Emydocephalus annulatusCategory: ReptilesSubcategory: SnakesRange: Tropical western and central Pacific Ocean, including the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea off Australia, New Caledonia, the Timor Sea,...
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AT A GLANCECommon Name: Rock RattlesnakeScientific Name: Crotalus lepidusCategory: ReptilesSubcategory: SnakesRange: Southwestern United States and central Mexico, from southern Arizona, southern New Mexico, and southwestern Texas south across the Mexican Plateau to...
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AT A GLANCECommon Name: Coin-marked SnakeScientific Name: Hemorrhois nummiferCategory: ReptilesSubcategory: SnakesRange: Eastern Mediterranean, Western and Central Asia, including Cyprus, southern Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, northern Egypt, Iraq, Iran,...
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AT A GLANCECommon Name: Sahara Sand ViperScientific Name: Cerastes viperaCategory: ReptilesSubcategory: SnakesRange: North Africa, across the Sahara Desert from Mauritania, Morocco, and Mali east through Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, and IsraelHabitat Type:...
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AT A GLANCECommon Name: Texas Blind SnakeScientific Name: Rena dulcisCategory: ReptilesSubcategory: SnakesRange: Southwestern United States and northeastern Mexico, throughout Texas, southern Oklahoma, southern Kansas, and northern Mexican statesHabitat Type: Arid and...
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AT A GLANCECommon Name: Blunt-nosed ViperScientific Name: Macrovipera lebetinaCategory: ReptilesSubcategory: SnakesRange: Eastern Mediterranean and western/central Asia, including Cyprus, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, northern Iraq, Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan,...
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AT A GLANCECommon Name: Blunt-headed Tree SnakeScientific Name: Imantodes cenchoaCategory: ReptilesSubcategory: SnakesRange: Central and South America, from southern Mexico south through Central America to northern Argentina and BoliviaHabitat Type: Lowland tropical...
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AT A GLANCECommon Name: Barred Grass SnakeScientific Name: Natrix helveticaCategory: ReptilesSubcategory: SnakesRange: Western and central Europe, including Great Britain, France, western Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and northern IberiaHabitat Type: Riparian wetlands,...
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AT A GLANCECommon Name: Balkan Whip SnakeScientific Name: Hierophis gemonensisCategory: ReptilesSubcategory: SnakesRange: Balkan peninsula, including coastal northeastern Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, and several Aegean...
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OverviewThe Milos Viper (Macrovipera schweizeri), celebrated across Mediterranean herpetology and Greek natural history as the Cyclades Blunt-nosed Viper or Ochia tis Milou, is a heavily built, biologically unique, and critically imperiled venomous serpent strictly...
