Agkistrodon contortrix (Linnaeus, 1766)

Burbrink, Frank T. & Guiher, Timothy 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), pp. 505-526 : 519

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/zoj.12211
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10543010
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/590E405C-FFF5-2F63-FCCE-A4FBFA7AB03E
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scientific name	Agkistrodon contortrix
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AGKISTRODON CONTORTRIX ( LINNAEUS, 1766)

Eastern Copperhead

Holotype: Unknown.

Type locality: ‘Carolina’ ( Linnaeus, 1766), restricted to Charleston, SC, by ( Schmidt, 1953).

Etymology: Specific epithet refers to female contortionists, possible reference to dorsal pattern.

Synonymy: This species comprises the previously recognized subspecies Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Squamata
Family	Viperidae
Genus	Agkistrodon

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