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Agkistrodon
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Agkistrodon is a genus of pit vipers commonly known as American moccasins. The genus is endemic to North America, ranging from the northeastern United States to northern Costa Rica. Eight species are recognized as being valid, all of them monotypic and closely related. Common names include: cottonmouths, copperheads, and cantils.
Species
Eastern Copperhead
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- OrderSquamata
- FamilyViperidae
Die Dreieckskopfottern (Agkistrodon) sind eine mit vier Arten in Nord- und Mittelamerika verbreitete Schlangengattung aus der Unterfamilie der Grubenottern (Crotalinae). Sie werden im Deutschen auch als Mokassinottern oder Mokassinschlangen bezeichnet.
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 380
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Viperidae
- Collections
- ROM, UF, USNM
- Recorded in
- United States, Japan
Research
1,246 papers- Apparent Ophidiomycosis Alters Eastern Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) Behavior and Habitat Use.Journal of wildlife diseases · 2024
- Hemocoagulase agkistrodon-induced anaphylactic shock: A case report and literature review.International journal of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics · 2016
- [Bites of "Mamushi (Agkistrodon halys biomhoffii)"].Chudoku kenkyu : Chudoku Kenkyukai jun kikanshi = The Japanese journal of toxicology · 2007
- Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) envenomation of dogs: 52 cases (2004-2011).Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association · 2014
- Hemocoagulase agkistrodon can prevent bleeding and induce hypofibrinogenemia in hepatic disease cases .International journal of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics · 2020
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Name origin
- Description
- Geographic range
- Behavior
- Reproduction
- Venom
- Research
- Species
- Taxonomy
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Agkistrodon is a genus of pit vipers commonly known as American moccasins. The genus is endemic to North America, ranging from the northeastern United States to northern Costa Rica. Eight species are recognized as being valid, all of them monotypic and closely related. Common names include: cottonmouths, copperheads, and cantils.
==Name origin== The name Agkistrodon comes from the Greek words (, 'fishhook', with the irregular transliteration gk rather than the usual nk) and () 'tooth' and is likely a reference to the fangs.
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