Agkistrodon

•  Lachesis (genus)

  Common names: bushmasters. Lachesis is a genus of venomous pitvipers found in the remote, forested areas in Central and South America. The generic name refers to one of the Three Fates in Greek mythology; Lachesis determined the length of the thread of life. Three species are currently recognized.

  

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•  Agkistrodon contortrix

  Agkistrodon contortrix is a species of venomous snake found in North America, a member of the Crotalinae (pit viper) subfamily. Common names for the species include Copperhead and moccasin. The behaviour of Agkistrodon contortrix may lead to accidental encounters with humans. Five subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.

  

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•  Agkistrodon piscivorus

  Agkistrodon piscivorus is a venomous snake, a species of pit viper, found in the eastern United States. Adults are large and capable of delivering a painful and potentially fatal bite, but are not normally aggressive. This is the world's only semi-aquatic viper, usually found in or near water, particularly in slow-moving and shallow lakes and streams. The snake is a strong swimmer and will even enter the sea, successfully colonizing islands off both the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.

  

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•  Crotalinae

  Common names: pit vipers, pitvipers. The Crotalinae, or crotalines, are a subfamily of venomous vipers found in Asia and the Americas. They are distinguished by the presence of a heat-sensing pit organ located between the eye and the nostril on either side of the head. Currently, 18 genera and 151 species are recognized: 7 genera and 54 species in the Old World, against a greater diversity of 11 genera and 97 species in the New World. These are also the only viperids found in the Americas.

  

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•  Atropoides

  Common names: jumping pitvipers, jumping vipers. Atropoides is a genus of venomous pitvipers found in Mexico and Central America. Three species are currently recognized. The common names suggest they are able to leap at an attacker, but this is likely exaggerated.

  

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•  Sistrurus

  Common names: ground rattlesnakes, pigmy rattlesnakes, massasaugas. Sistrurus is a genus of venomous pitvipers found in Canada, the United States and Mexico. The name is a Latinized form of the Greek word for "tail rattler" (Σείστρουρος, Seistrouros) and shares its root with the ancient Egyptian musical instrument, the sistrum, a type of rattle. Three species are currently recognized.

  

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•  Gloydius

  Common names: Asian moccasins. Gloydius is a genus of venomous pitvipers found in Asia. Named after Howard Gloyd, this group is very similar to the North American genus Agkistrodon. Nine species are currently recognized.

  

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•  Lachesis muta

  Common names: South American bushmaster, more. Lachesis muta is a venomous pitviper species found in South America. Two subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.

  

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•  Sistrurus catenatus

  Common names: massasauga, black massasauga, black rattler, more. Sistrurus catenatus is a venomous pitviper species found primarily in the United States. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.

  

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•  List of rattlesnake species and subspecies

  This list of rattlesnake species and subspecies includes the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus. It follows the taxonomy currently provided by ITIS, which is based on the continuing work of Dr. Roy McDiarmid.

  

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  Illusionistic ceiling painting, which includes the techniques of perspective di sotto in sù and quadratura, is the tradition in Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo art in which trompe l'oeil, perspective tools such as foreshortening, and other spatial effects are used to create the illusion of three-dimensional space on an otherwise two-dimensional or mostly flat ceiling surface above the viewer.

  

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•  Danilevsky

  Nikolay Yakovlevich Danilevsky (28 November 1822 – 7 November 1885) was a Russian naturalist, economist, ethnologist, philosopher, historian, and ideologue of the pan-Slavism and Slavophile movement who expounded a view of world history as circular. He was the first writer to present an account of history as a series of distinct civilisations.

  

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•  Lance (military unit)

  

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•  The Anthology (Muddy Waters)

  

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•  Robin White (African Journalist)

  

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