- Poisonous snakes - A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix),
closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also
copper-belly, and red viper. - A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States
who sympathized with the South during the Civil War.
- A venomous North American snake (Ancistrodon
piscivorus) allied to the rattlesnake but destitute of a rattle. It
lives in or about pools and ponds, and feeds largely of fishes. Called
also water snake, water adder, water viper.
- American desert viper - Noisy serpent - Noisy snake - Toy with reptile ... a viper! - Venomous American viper - Venomous US reptile - Any one of several species of venomous American snakes
belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus. They have
a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make
a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the
Northern United States (Crotalus horridus), and the diamond rattlesnake
of the South (C. adamanteus), are the best known. See Illust. of Fang.