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Crotalidae
(redirected from Crotalinae)

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Crotalidae [krō′talĀ·ə‚dē]
(vertebrate zoology)
A family of proglyphodont venomous snakes in the reptilian suborder Serpentes.


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6) The water moccasin belongs to the Crotalinae family which, including copperhead and rattlesnake, is the main family of poisonous snake in Mississippi.
Crotalid is used to describe the Crotalinae subfamily (formerly know as Crotalidae) of venomous snakes that compose the vast majority of common North American snakes, including rattlesnakes, copperheads and cottonmouths/water moccasins.
The term crotalid is used to describe the Crotalinae subfamily (formerly know as the Crotalidae) of venomous snakes that includes rattlesnakes, copperheads and cottonmouths/water moccasins.
 
 
 
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