Global InformationAgkistrodon contortrix phaeogaster information
| Agkistrodon contortrix phaeogaster | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Agkistrodon |
| Species: | A. contortrix
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| Subspecies: | A. c. phaeogaster
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| Trinomial name | |
| Agkistrodon contortrix phaeogaster Gloyd, 1969[1]
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- Common names: Osage copperhead, central copperhead.[2]
Agkistrodon contortrix phaeogaster was formerly a venomous pit viper subspecies[3] found in the central region of the United States. However, recent taxonomic changes do not recognize the Osage copperhead (A. c. phaeogaster) as a valid taxon.
- ^ 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).
- ^ Gloyd HK, Conant R. 1990. Snakes of the Agkistrodon Complex: A Monographic Review. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. 614 pp. 52 plates. LCCN 89-50342. ISBN 0-916984-20-6.
- ^ "Agkistrodon contortrix phaeogaster". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 August 2007.