Global InformationMixcoatlus browni information
| Mixcoatlus browni | |
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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: | Mixcoatlus |
| Species: | M. browni
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| Binomial name | |
| Mixcoatlus browni (Shreve, 1938)
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| Synonyms | |
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Agkistrodon browni Shreve, 1938 | |
Mixcoatlus browni (commonly known as Brown's montane pit viper,[1][2] sometimes Mexican montane pitviper[3]) is a species of pit viper found at high elevations in Guerrero, Mexico. This species was previously placed in the genus Agkistrodon, where it was considered to be a junior synonym of Cerrophidion barbouri. Molecular evidence has since demonstrated that M. browni is a distinct species and the genus name was subsequently changed.[3]
The genus Mixcoatlus is derived from the Nahuatl word Mixcoatl or "cloud serpent", a deity of the Aztec and several other Mesoamerica civilizations. This name also refers to the geographic restriction of this clade to elevations above 2,000 metres (6,600 ft).[3][4]
- ^ Mixcoatlus browni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 December 2014.
- ^ "NCBI Taxonomy". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ a b c Jadin, R.C.; Smith, E.N.; Campbell, J. (2011). "Unraveling a tangle of Mexican serpents: a systematic revision of highland pitvipers". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 163 (3): 951. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00748.x.
- ^ Archer, John (March 2012). "What you missed at the February meeting" (PDF). Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society. No. 3. The Chicago Herpetological Society. Retrieved 6 December 2014.