Agkistrodon bilineatus taylori
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Common names: ornate cantil, cantil, Taylor's cantil, Mexican moccasin.
Agkistrodon bilineatus taylori is a venomous pit viper subspecies[2] found only in the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, and Hidalgo. It is named in honor of American herpetologist, Edward Harrison Taylor.
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[edit] Description
Adults usually attain a length of 64-90 cm, with some growing to 96 cm. The subspecies has a heavy body and a relatively long tail: 16-19% of total body length in males and 13-18% in females.[3]
[edit] Feeding
Feeds primarily on rodents and amphibians. Juveniles are known to employ the yellowish tip of their tail as a lure to attract small insectivorous vertebrates. The yellowish tip fades as the animals mature, as does this behavior.
[edit] Taxonomy
Elevated it to species status by Parkinson, Zamudio and Greene (2000) based on mitochondrial DNA sequences.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Species Agkistrodon taylori at the Species2000 Database
[edit] Cited references
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ Agkistrodon bilineatus taylori (TSN 586229). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 2 November 2006.
- ^ Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
[edit] Other references
- Parkinson CL, Zamudio KR , Greene HW. 2000. Phylogeography of the pitviper clade Agkistrodon: historical ecology, species status, and conservation of the cantils. Mol. Ecol. 9:411-420.
[edit] External links
- Species Agkistrodon taylori at the Species2000 Database
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