Agkistrodon bilineatus

Agkistrodon bilineatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Agkistrodon
Species:
A. bilineatus
Binomial name
Agkistrodon bilineatus
(Günther, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Ancistrodon bilineatus Günther, 1863
  • Ankistrodon bilineatum
    – Müller, 1877
  • Tr[igonocephalus] bilineatus
    – Müller, 1878
  • Ancistrodon bilineatum
    – Dugès, 1896
  • Agkistrodon bilineatus
    – Stejneger, 1899
  • Ancistrodonus bilineatus
    – Herrera, 1899
  • Agkistrodon bilineatus bilineatus
    – Burger & Robertson, 1951
  • Arkistrodon bilineatus
    – Martín del Campo, 1953
  • Trigonocephalus specialis
    Recinos, 1954
  • Agkistrodon b[ilineatus]. bilineatus – Lucas, Dupaix-Hall & Biegler, 1972

Agkistrodon bilineatus (commonly called the cantil, Mexican cantil, Mexican ground pit viper, cantil viper, black moccasin, or Mexican moccasin) is a highly venomous pit viper species found in Mexico and Central America as far south as Honduras.

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