Agkistrodon piscivorus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Agkistrodon
Species: Agkistrodon piscivorus

Name

Agkistrodon piscivorus (Lacépède, 1789) [conserved name]

Type material: not designated, unknown.
Type locality: “Caroline”, restricted to “vicinity of Charleston, South Carolina”, by Schmidt (1953: 225).
Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 1463 (1987: 265).

Combinations

Crotalus piscivorus Lacépède, 1789: 130 [original combination]
Scytale piscivorus — Daudin, 1803: 344 [subsequent combination]
Natrix piscivorus — Merrem, 1820: 131 [subsequent combination]
Trigonocephalus piscivorus — Holbrook, 1838: 63 [subsequent combination]
Cenchris piscivorus — Gray, 1842: 51 [subsequent combination]
Toxicophis piscivorus — Baird & Girard, 1853: 19 [subsequent combination]
Ancistrodon piscivorus — Cope, 1860: 336 [subsequent combination]
Agkistrodon piscivorus — Jordan, 1888: 199 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

Acontias leucostoma Troost, 1836: 176
- Holotype: unknown, probably lost.
- Neotype: CHAS 5604, adult ♂, collected by W.F. Ross in 1935. [designated by Gloyd & Conant (1943: 164)]
- Type locality: “western district of Tennessee”, redesignated by neotype designation to “10 miles northeast of Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee” by Gloyd & Conant (1943: 164).

Toxicophis pugnax Baird & Girard, 1853: 20
- Holotype: USNM 61063 (formerly 4262), head only, collected by J.D. Graham [U.S. and Mexican Boundary Survey].
- Type locality: “Indianola, Tex. [=Texas]”.

References

Primary references

Lacépède, B.G.E. 1789. Histoire naturelle des serpens. Tome Second. Hôtel de Thou: Paris. 462 pp. BHL Reference page.
Troost, G. 1836. On a new genus of serpents, and two new species of the genus Heterodon, inhabiting Tennessee. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 3: 174–190. BHL Reference page.
Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1853. Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part 1.–Serpents. Smithsonian Institution: Washington. xvi + 172 pp. BHL Reference page.
Gloyd, H.K. & Conant, R. 1943. A synopsis of the American forms of Agkistrodon (copperheads and moccasins). Bulletin of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 7(2): 147–170. Reference page.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1987. Opinion 1463. De Lacépède, 1788-1789, Histoire Naturelle des Serpens and later editions: rejected as a non-binominal work. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 44(4): 265–267. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Burbrink, F.T. & Guiher, T.J. 2015. Considering gene flow when using coalescent methods to delimit lineages of North American pitvipers of the genus Agkistrodon. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 173(2): 505–526. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12211 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Agkistrodon piscivorus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 May 2021.
Hammerson, G.A. 2007. IUCN: Agkistrodon piscivorus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64298A12756313. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64298A12756313.en

Vernacular names

com: Tuhparokooʔ
Deutsch: Wassermokassinotter
English: Cottonmouth
français: Mocassin d’eau
magyar: Vízi mokaszinkígyó, halászvipera
Nederlands: Watermoccasinslang
osa: Níi wécʼa
polski: Mokasyn błotny
Türkçe: Su makoseni

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