Taxon profile

species

Copperhead
Agkistrodon contortrix (Linnaeus, 1766)

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates » order Squamata - lizards and snakes » family Viperidae - vipers

Scientific synonyms

Ancistrodon mokasen

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IUCN category:	Least Concern

Images

Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus - Broad-banded Copperhead

Author: Rauch, Ray

Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix

Author: Tomáš Borovička

Author: Jan Ševčík

Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix

Author: Marcel Šolc

Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen

Author: Vladimír Motyčka

Author: Michal Sloviak

Author: Lubomír Klátil

Agkistrodon contortrix pictigaster

Author: Martin Antoš

Author: Lubomír Klátil

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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 5

subspecies Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix (Linnaeus, 1766)

subspecies Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus Gloyd & Roger Conant, 1934 - Broad-banded Copperhead

Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus - Broad-banded Copperhead

subspecies Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen Palisot de Beauvois, 1799

subspecies Agkistrodon contortrix phaeogaster Gloyd, 1969

subspecies Agkistrodon contortrix pictigaster Gloyd & Roger Conant, 1943

Links and literature

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.2 [64297] [as Agkistrodon contortrix (Linnaeus, 1766)]
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/]
Data retrieved on: 2012/05/26

Reptile Database - Search [genus=Agkistrodon&species=contortrix]
Reptile Database - Search [http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/]

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