Agkistrodon
MESHD017836
A genus of venomous snakes of the subfamily Crotalinae. Twelve species of this genus are found in North and Central America and Asia. Agkistrodon contortrix is the copperhead, A. piscivorus, the cottonmouth. The former is named for its russet or orange-brown color, the latter for the white interior of its mouth. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, p336; Moore, Poisonous Snakes of the World, 1980, p75)
Synonyms
- Ancistrodon
- Cottonmouth
- Cottonmouths
- Agkistrodon piscivorus
- Swamp Moccasin
- Moccasin, Swamp
- Swamp Moccasins
- Black Moccasin
- Black Moccasins
- Moccasin, Black
- Water Moccasins
- Moccasin, Water
- Water Moccasin
- Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma
- Western Cottonmouth
- Cottonmouth, Western
- Western Cottonmouths
- Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus
- Eastern Cottonmouth
- Cottonmouth, Eastern
- Eastern Cottonmouths
- Agkistrodon conanti
- Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti
- Florida Cottonmouth
- Cottonmouth, Florida
- Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix
- Southern Copperhead
- Copperhead, Southern
- Southern Copperheads
- Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus
- Broad-Banded Copperhead
- Broad Banded Copperhead
- Broad-Banded Copperheads
- Copperhead, Broad-Banded
- Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen
- Northern Copperhead
- Copperhead, Northern
- Northern Copperheads
- Agkistrodon contortrix phaeogaster
- Osage Copperhead
- Copperhead, Osage
- Copperhead
- Copperheads
- Agkistrodon contortrix
- Boa contortrix
- Agkistrodon contortrix pictigaster
- Trans-Pecos Copperhead
- Copperhead, Trans-Pecos
- Trans Pecos Copperhead
- Trans-Pecos Copperheads
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