Pit vipers, along with several of their snake cousins, marry two senses to better locate prey at night: sight and a heat-detecting ability. Deep pits, which lie on each side of the snake's face ...

shows an adult cryptic green pit viper. Overall, it is “bright grass-green” with a few tiny black spots and a “brick-red” tail, the study said. Other photos shared on Facebook by study co ...

Although pit vipers, which include all venomous species native to Georgia except for coral snakes, are often identified by their broad, triangular-shaped heads. Many nonvenomous snakes flatten their ...