- Tree viper
Tree viper is a common name that may be used to refer to the following venomous vipers:
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tree viper — noun : any of several arboreal prehensile tailed green and yellow vipers of equatorial Africa constituting a genus (Atheris) of the family Viperidae … Useful english dictionary
viper — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. adder, snake, serpent; traitor, turncoat, Judas [Iscariot], Iago, double dealer, rat (sl.); viperess. See animal, improbity. II (Roget s IV) n. Types of vipers include: adder, asp, cobra, rhinoceros… … English dictionary for students
viper — viperish, adj. viperishly, adv. /vuy peuhr/, n. 1. any of several venomous Old World snakes of the genus Vipera, esp. V. berus, a small snake common in northern Eurasia. 2. any related snakes belonging to the family Viperidae, characterized by… … Universalium
Bamboo viper — may refer to either of the following species of Asian lance headed vipers:* Trimeresurus stejnegeri ,Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0 8069 6460 X.] a.k.a. the Chinese green tree … Wikipedia
Emerald tree monitor — Emerald Tree Monitor[1] Conservation status CITES Appendix II (CITES) … Wikipedia
Sand viper — Sand Sand, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sand-box tree — Sand Sand, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
palm viper — any of various small, greenish, arboreal pit vipers of the genera Bothrops and Trimeresurus, which have prehensile tails that enable them to move from tree to tree … Medical dictionary
palm viper — noun : any of numerous small arboreal pit vipers (genera Bothrops and Trimeresurus) of tropical America that are frequently green in color with prehensile tails which help them to move from tree to tree … Useful english dictionary
List of snakes by common name — This is a list of extant snakes, given by their common names. Note that the snakes are grouped by name, and in some cases the grouping may have no scientific basis. A *Adder **Berg adder **Common adder **Deaf adder **Death adder **Desert death… … Wikipedia
