Species details : Agkistrodon contortrix (Linnaeus, 1766)

Accepted scientific name:
Agkistrodon contortrix (Linnaeus, 1766) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Agkistrodon contortrix  (Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms:
Agkistrodon contortrix Gloyd & Conant, 1990 (synonym)
Ancistrodon contortrix Baird, 1854 (synonym)
Boa contortrix Linnaeus, 1766 (synonym)
Cenchris atrofuscus Theobald, 1868 (synonym)
Trigonocephalus contortrix Duméril & Bibron, 1854 (synonym)
Infraspecific taxon: Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix (Linnaeus, 1766)
Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus Gloyd & Conant, 1934
Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen Palisot De Beauvois, 1799
Agkistrodon contortrix phaeogaster Gloyd, 1969
Agkistrodon contortrix pictigaster Gloyd & Conant, 1943
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Kupferkopf - - Click here to show the literature
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Southern Copperhead En - Click here to show the literature
 reference
Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Reptilia ReptileDB
Order Squamata ReptileDB
Family Viperidae ReptileDB
Genus Agkistrodon ReptileDB
Distribution: ARK-OO; CNT-OO; DEL-OO; FLA-OO; GEO-OO; ILL-OO; INI-OO; IOW-OO; KAN-OO; KTY-OO; LOU-OO; MAS-OO; MRY-OO; MSI-OO; MSO-OO; MXE-CO; MXE-CU; NCA-OO; NEB-OO; NWJ-OO; NWY-OO; OHI-OO; OKL-OO; PEN-OO; RHO-OO; SCA-OO; TEN-OO; TEX-OO; VRG-OO; WDC-OO; WVA-OO
Lifezones: -
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P., Apr-2013
Source database: ReptileDB, 3.0, Mar 2013   99%
Bibliographic citation: Uetz P. & Hošek J. (2025). The Reptile Database (version 3.0, Mar 2013). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Agkistrodon&species=contortrix
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:11d6f6a6-ac8f-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401