Agkistrodon taylori

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

Agkistrodon taylori Burger & Robertson, 1951

Holotype: UIMNH 10002 (formerly EHT 5514), young ♂, collected by E.H. Taylor on 9 June 1938.
Type locality: “km. 833, 21 kilometers north of Villagrán, Tamaulipas”, México.

Agkistrodon bilineatus taylori Burger & Robertson, 1951: 213 [original combination, as subspecies]
Agkistrodon taylori — Parkinson, Zamudio & Greene, 2000: 418 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Burger, W.L. & Robertson, W.B. 1951. A new subspecies of the Mexican mocassin, Agkistrodon bilineatus. The University of Kansas. Science Bulletin 34(1): 213–218. BHL Reference page.
Parkinson, C.L., Zamudio, K.R. & Greene, H.W. 2000. Phylogeography of the pitviper clade Agkistrodon: historical ecology, species status, and conservation of cantils. Molecular Ecology 9(4): 411–420. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.2000.00854.x Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Agkistrodon taylori. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 May 2021.
Lavin, P., Mendoza-Quijano, F. & Hammerson, G.A. 2007. IUCN: Agkistrodon taylori (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64299A12756529. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64299A12756529.en

English: Taylor's Moccasin
español: Metapil