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Slippery Characters: Neotropical Pitvipers

Yellow-blotched palm-pitviper (Bothriechis aurifer). Photo/Tad Arensmeier via Wikimedia Commons

by Breanna Draxler Colorado is home to 20-some species of snake. Of these, only three fall into the category of venomous pitvipers–the prairie rattlesnake, the midget faded rattlesnake, and the western diamond back rattlesnake. But apparently three venomous species of snake are not enough to keep Robert Jadin occupied. Jadin is a scientist in CU’s …

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