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Definition of sino tibetan pit viper

sino tibetan pit viper

Plural:Sino-Tibetan pit vipers
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A venomous snake belonging to the crotaline subfamily, native to the high-altitude forested and mountainous regions of southwestern China and Tibet, possessing specialized heat-sensing organs used to ambush warm-blooded prey.

Example

"During the biological survey of the Hengduan Mountains, the herpetology team carefully documented a rare encounter with a Sino-Tibetan pit viper resting among the alpine foliage."

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