Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings (thesaurus)

Search from vocabulary

Concept information

Preferred term

Trimeresurus  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A genus of snakes of the family VIPERIDAE. About 30 species are currently recognized, found in southeast Asia and adjacent island chains. The Okinawa habu frequently enters dwellings in search of rats and mice; the Chinese habu is often found in suburban and agricultural areas. They are quite irritable. (Moore: Poisonous Snakes of the World, 1980, p136)

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • Habu
  • txid8764

In other languages

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-F9TK4XKW-7

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 2/16/93, last modified 8/13/20