Agkistrodon laticinctus

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 laticinctus

Name

Agkistrodon laticinctus (Gloyd & Conat, 1934)

• Holotype: UMMZ 75599, adult ♂, collected by W.A. Bevan and R.F. Harvey in October 1933.
• Type species: “26 miles northwest of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas”.

Combinations

• Agkistrodon mokasen laticinctus — Gloyd & Conant, 1943: 156 [original combination]
• Agkistrodon laticinctus — Burbrink & Guiher, 2015: 17 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

References

Primary references

• Gloyd, H.K. & Conant, R. 1934. The broad-banded copperhead, a new subspecies of Agkistrodon mokasen. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 283: 1–6. hdl: 2027.42/56722 Reference page. 
• 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 laticinctus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 May 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Broad-banded Copperhead