Overview
Distribution
National Distribution
United States
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
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Physical Description
Type Information
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Sex/Stage: Male;
Preparation: Ethanol
Year Collected: 1960
Locality: Lawrence, 7 mi SE of, Douglas, Kansas, United States, North America
- Paratype: Gloyd, H. K. 1969. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington. 82: 220.
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Preparation: Ethanol
Year Collected: 1960
Locality: Lawrence, 7 mi SE of, Douglas, Kansas, United States, North America
- Paratype: Gloyd, H. K. 1969. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington. 82: 220.
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Preparation: Ethanol
Year Collected: 1960
Locality: Ottawa, 3 mi S and 3 mi E of, Gould's Ford, Middle Creek, Franklin, Kansas, United States, North America
- Paratype: Gloyd, H. K. 1969. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington. 82: 220.
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Sex/Stage: Male;
Preparation: Ethanol
Year Collected: 1960
Locality: McLouth, 10 mi S of, Jefferson, Kansas, United States, North America
- Holotype: Gloyd, H. K. 1969. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington. 82: 220.
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Preparation: Ethanol
Year Collected: 1960
Locality: Miami County State Lake, Miami, Kansas, United States, North America
- Paratype: Gloyd, H. K. 1969. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington. 82: 220.
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Sex/Stage: Male;
Preparation: Ethanol
Year Collected: 1960
Locality: Miami County State Lake, Miami, Kansas, United States, North America
- Paratype: Gloyd, H. K. 1969. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington. 82: 220.
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Conservation
Conservation Status
National NatureServe Conservation Status
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure
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Rounded Global Status Rank: T5 - Secure
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Agkistrodon contortrix phaeogaster
Agkistrodon contortrix phaeogaster is a venomous pitviper subspecies[3] found in the central region of the United States.
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Description
Gloyd and Conant (1990) gives maximum total lengths of 990/723 mm for males/females, while mentioning that other sources give a maximum total length for this subspecies of 1,016 mm regardless of sex.[2]
The color pattern is similar to that of A. c. mokasen, except that the dark bands are in sharper contrast to the lighter ground color, and that there are no smaller dark spots between them.[4]
Geographic range
Found in the United States in eastern Kansas, extreme southeastern Nebraska and a large part of Missouri.[2] The type locality given is "10 miles south of McLouth, Jefferson County, Kansas."[1]
See also
- List of crotaline species and subspecies
- Crotalinae by common name
- Crotalinae by taxonomic synonyms
- Snakebite
References
- ^ a b 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).
- ^ a b c 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. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=209499. Retrieved 10 August 2007.
- ^ Conant R. 1975. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America. Second Edition. First published in 1958. Houghton Mifflin Company Boston. 429 pp. 48 plates. ISBN 0-395-19979-4. ISBN 0-395-19979-8 (pbk.).
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