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viper

[vahy-per] / ˈvaɪ pər /
NOUN
snake
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That interpretation is consistent with the 2023 genomic study, which focused on species delimitation in this pit viper group while accounting for gene flow.

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

In 2019, officials at the Chennai airport seized a horned pit viper snake, five Iguanas, four blue-tongued skinks, three green tree frogs and 22 Egyptian tortoises from a man travelling from Thailand.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2025

Was it a deadly viper or a harmless python?

From Science Magazine • Mar. 8, 2024

According to a study published in the journal Evolutionary Systematics, the animal known as the eyelash viper, or Bothriechis schlegelii, isn’t just one species, but many.

From National Geographic • Feb. 13, 2024

But it is the grass that hides the viper from his enemies and shelters him until he strikes.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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