The four types of venomous snakes native to Kansas all share the same distinctive physical feature, a heat-sensitive pit in ...

As spring warms up, snakes are moving, and you can bet Georgia State herpetologist Daniel Sollenberger’s phone is ringing and ...

Cryptic green pit vipers have “long” and “thin” bodies, reaching about 24 inches in length, the study said. Their “triangular” heads have “large” eyes and a “flattened” snout.

All venomous snakes in Kansas are pit vipers, possessing heat-sensitive ... in a hospital after being bitten on a forearm as he was getting out of the water just after dark on a Friday in a ...