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MeSH Heading: Viperidae
Tree Number(s): B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.937
Unique ID: D017819
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017819
Scope Note: A family of snakes comprising four subfamilies: Azemiopinae (the mountain viper, the sole member of this subfamily), Viperinae (true vipers), Crotalinae (pit vipers) and Causinae. They are widespread throughout the world, being found in the United States, Central and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Their venoms act on the blood (hemotoxic) as compared to the venom of elapids which act on the nervous system (neurotoxic). (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, pp333-36)
Entry Term(s): Asp; Azemiopinae; Bitis; Bushmaster; Cerastes; European Adder; European Viper; Gaboon Viper; Lachesis; True Vipers; Viperinae
Registry Number: txid8689
Related Numbers: txid35022; txid8690; txid8691; txid8694; txid8696; txid8751; txid8752
Previous Indexing: Snakes (1968-1993)
See Also: Viper Venoms
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1993/05/07
Revision Date: 2020/09/02

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

classification (CL)

embryology (EM)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

physiology (PH)

surgery (SU)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Viperidae MeSH Descriptor Data 2023