Crotalid Venoms

**Definition:** Venoms from snakes of the subfamily Crotalinae or pit vipers, found mostly in the Americas. They include the rattlesnake, cottonmouth, fer-de-lance, bushmaster, and American copperhead. Their venoms contain nontoxic proteins, cardio-, hemo-, cyto-, and neurotoxins, and many enzymes, especially phospholipases A. Many of the toxins have been characterized.

**Tree numbers:** - D20.888.850.960.200 - D23.946.833.850.960.200

**Synonyms:** - Crotalid Venom - Pit Viper Venom - Pit Viper Venoms - Crotalidae Venoms