Agkistrodon taylori infos & picture

Subspecies:

none

Author: BURGER & ROBERTSON Year 1951

Common Name: Taylor´s Mexican Moccasin

Synonym:

Agkistrodon bilineatus taylori BURGER & ROBERTSON 1951
Agkistrodon bilineatus taylori — CALMONTE 1982
Agkistrodon taylori — PARKINSON et al. 2000
Agkistrodon taylori — TOVAR-TOVAR & MENDOZA-QUIJANO 2001
Agkistrodon taylori — JUNGNICKEL 2003




Agkistrodon taylori female at HerpaWorld




Agkistrodon taylori male at HerpaWorld


Location:
Mexico (Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi, Hidalgo [HR 32: 276])

Terra typica:
Tamaulipas, 21 km north of Villagran.

Comment:Agkistrodon bilineatus taylori has been elevated to species status by PARKINSON et al. (2000) based on mtDNA sequences which is not a convincing species criterion in my opinion (PU).

Named after Edward Harrison Taylor (1889-1978), American herpetologist who spent several years in the Philippines before returning to the University of Kansas.

References:
Burger,W.L. & Robertson,W.B. 1951. A new subspecies of the Mexican moccasin, Agkistrodon bilineatus. Univ. Kans. Sci. Bull. 34: 213-218
Calmonte, T. 1982. Agkistrodon bilineatus taylori - ein selten imprtierter Dreieckskopf aus Mexiko. Herpetofauna 4 (20): 26-27
Campbell, J.A. & Lamar, W.W. 1989. The Venomous Reptiles of Latin America. Comstock Publishing/Cornell University Press, Ithaca
Gloyd and Conant 1943. A synopsis of the American forms of Agkistrodon (Copperheads and Moccasins) Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 7: 147-170
Gloyd, H. K. 1972. A subspecies of Agkistrodon bilineatus (Serpentes: Crotalidae) on the Yucatán Peninsula, México. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 84: 327-334.
Hoevers, L., & HENDERSON, R. W. 1974. Additions to the herpetofauna of Belize (British Honduras). Milwaukee Publ. Mus. Contr. Biol. Geol. No. 2, 6 pp.
Jungnickel, J. 2003. Zur Haltung und Vermehrung der Mexikanischen Mokassinotter Agkistrodon Sauria 25 (4): 19-22
McDiarmid,R.W.; Campbell,J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
Parkinson,C.L. 1999. Molecular systematics and biogeographical history of pitvipers as determined by mitochondrial ribosomal DNA sequences. Copeia 1999 (3): 576-586
Parkinson,C.L., Zamudio, K.R. & Greene, H.W. 2000. Phylogeography of the pitviper clade Agkistrodon: historical ecology, species status and conservation of cantils. Mol. Ecology 9: 411-420
Penner, J. 2001. Der grösste Schlangenzoo Lateinamerikas - ein Praktikum im “World of Snakes” Grecia, Csota Rica. Elaphe 9 (4): 81-85
Schmidt, K. E, & INGER, R. F. 1957. Living Reptiles of the World. Doubleday & Co., 287 pp.

Fantastic animals. In my eyes the most beutiful snake in the Agkistrodon-complex.
Sooner or later, even these animals will find the way in my constituents

Yes,
Christoph you are definitely right -
In my opinion this species look even much better than the rarer Agkistrodon howardgloydi.

absolutely Jörg,

the pair has mated last november for the first time and the female is getting bigger and bigger, i believe we will have nice babies by May.
cant wait to see them - but i am sure after they are born i need to check the pockets of my staff here (just kidding) as they look so cute as babies.


cheers
Mario

I´m not really in this topic -
The babies aren´t as colorful as the parents, arent they?
They get their colors later?

yes, but they are cute!