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Descriptor English: Viperidae
Descriptor Spanish: Viperidae
Descriptor Viperidae
Entry term(s) Azemiopinae
Pelias berus
Scope note: Familia de serpientes que comprende tres subfamilias: Azemiopinae (víbora de montaña, el único miembro de esta subfamilia), Viperinae (víboras verdaderas) y Crotalinae (crótalos). Están diseminadas por todo el mundo, encontrándose en Estados Unidos, Centroamérica y Suramérica, Europa, Asia y África. Sus venenos actúan en la sangre (hemotóxicos), mientras que el veneno de los elápidos actúa en el sistema nervioso (neurotóxico). (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, pp333-36)
Descriptor Portuguese: Viperidae
Descriptor French: Viperidae
Entry term(s): Azemiopinae
Lachesis muta
Maître de la brousse
Vipère européenne
Vipéridés
Tree number(s): B01.050.050.286.875.875
B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.937
B01.050.150.900.833.672.562.875
RDF Unique Identifier: https://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)
Allowable Qualifiers: AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BL sang
CF liquide cérébrospinal
CL classification
EM embryologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
SU chirurgie
UR urine
VI virologie
Related: Venins de vipère MeSH
Vipera Berus DeCS
DeCS ID: 30977
Unique ID: D017819
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1993/05/07
Revision Date: 2017/05/03
Viperidae - Preferred
Concept UI M0026924
Preferred term Viperidae
Entry term(s) Vipéridés
Lachesis muta - Narrower
Concept UI M0026918
Preferred term Lachesis muta
Entry term(s) Maître de la brousse
Vipère européenne - Narrower
Concept UI M0026921
Preferred term Vipère européenne
Azemiopinae - Narrower
Concept UI M0026915
Preferred term Azemiopinae



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