Agkistrodon

Agkistrodon

Svensk definition

Ett släkte giftormar tillhörande underfamiljen Crotalinae. Tolv arter är kända och förekommer Nord- och Centralamerika och Asien.

Engelsk definition

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)

Svenska synonymer

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Engelska synonymer

Ancistrodon 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 Agkistrodon contortrix pictigaster Trans-Pecos Copperhead Copperhead, Trans-Pecos Trans Pecos Copperhead Trans-Pecos Copperheads Agkistrodon conanti Florida Cottonmouth Cottonmouth, Florida Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti Cottonmouth Cottonmouths Swamp Moccasin Moccasin, Swamp Swamp Moccasins Water Moccasin Water Moccasins Moccasin, Water Agkistrodon piscivorus Black Moccasin Black Moccasins Moccasin, Black Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus Eastern Cottonmouth Cottonmouth, Eastern Eastern Cottonmouths Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma Western Cottonmouth Cottonmouth, Western Western Cottonmouths Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix Southern Copperhead Copperhead, Southern Southern Copperheads Copperhead Copperheads Boa contortrix Agkistrodon contortrix