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crotaline

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crotaline /cro·ta·line/ (kro´tah-lēn) crotalid.
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The facial pits, characteristics of all crotaline snakes, were first shown to be sensitive to thermal stimuli by Noble and Schmidt (1937) and have since been studied with modern electrophysiological techniques (Bullock & Dieke, 1956; Goris & Nomoto, 1967; Terashima, 1987), revealing that pit nerve fibers are capable of discriminating stimuli differing by a few thousandths of a degree Celsius.
Rattlesnake orientation to prey as a function of thermal backgrounds ... by Theodoratus, Demetri Hilario; Chiszar, David; Smith, Hobart M. / The Psychological Record
 
 
 
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