Mixcoatlus | |
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Mixcoatlus melanurus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Subfamily: | Crotalinae |
Genus: | Mixcoatlus Jadin, Smith, and Campbell, 2011[1] |
Type species | |
Agkistrodon browni Shreve, 1938
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Diversity | |
3 species (see text) |
Mixcoatlus is a small genus of pit vipers endemic to Mexico. The genus was created in 2011.[1]
The name Mixcoatlus is derived from the Nahuatl word Mixcoatl or "cloud serpent", a deity of the Aztec and several other Mesoamerican civilizations. This name also refers to the geographic restriction of this clade to elevations above 2,000 meters.[1]
There are three species:[1][2]