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Pit Vipers
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Pit Vipers in Southeast Asia mostly belong to the new world order of vipers; i.e possessing heat-sensing pit organs between the eye and nostril on each side of the head. Most pit vipers are arboreal with a prehensile tail, a few are completely terrestrial in nature. They are also ovoviviparous or viviparous; meaning that they do not lay eggs but give birth to live young, especially those from the Trimeresurus group. The severity of venom intoxication from these snakes varies from species to species. All local pit vipers are nocturnal with hemotoxic and/or cytotoxic venom; the type that degenerates body tissue and destroys blood cells, causing intense pain and swelling.
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