Agkistrodon contortrix is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper, endemic to Eastern North America; it is a member of the subfamily Crotalinae in the family Viperidae. The generic name is derived from the Greek words ancistro (hooked) and odon (tooth), and the specific name comes from the Latin contortus ; thus, the scientific name translates into "twisted hook-tooth". The common name for this species is the copperhead. Its behavior may lead to accidental encounters with humans. Five subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.
Agkistrodon is a genus of venomous pit vipers found in North America from the United States south to northern Costa Rica. Six species are currently recognized, all of them polytypic and closely related. Common names include: cottonmouths, copperheads, and cantils. Some varieties are known as "moccasins" or "moccasin snakes", such as Agkistrodon piscivorus, the water moccasin.
Agkistrodon taylori is a venomous pitviper species found only in northeastern Mexico. It is named in honor of American herpetologist Edward Harrison Taylor.
Death adder may refer to:
Agkistrodon contortrix pictigaster is a venomous pit viper subspecies found in the Trans-Pecos region of the United States in western Texas, and northeastern Mexico.
Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus is a venomous pit viper subspecies found in the southern United States, from Kansas, through Oklahoma and throughout central Texas.
Water rattlesnake may refer to:
Northern copperhead may refer to:
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Highland moccasin may refer to:
Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen is a venomous pit viper subspecies found in the eastern United States.
Harlequin snake may refer to:
Agkistrodon contortrix phaeogaster is a venomous pit viper subspecies found in the central region of the United States.
Red eye, red-eye, redeye or variants may refer to:
Bothrocophias colombianus, commonly known as the Colombian toad-headed pitviper, is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae. It is endemic to South America.
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