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Scientific Name
Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen Palisot de Beauvois, 1799
Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
NORTHERN COPPERHEAD
Park Synonyms
Agkistrodon contortrix
Taxonomic Hierarchy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Subkingdom | Bilateria |
| Infrakingdom | Deuterostomia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Subphylum | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum | Gnathostomata |
| Superclass | Tetrapoda |
| Class | Reptilia |
| Order | Squamata |
| Suborder | Serpentes |
| Infraorder | Alethinophidia |
| Family | Viperidae |
| Subfamily | Crotalinae |
| Genus | Agkistrodon |
| Species | Agkistrodon contortrix |
| Subspecies | Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen |
Occurrence
Present
Nativeness
Native
Abundance
Common
Seasonality Tags
- Breeder
Park Rank Tags
- Park uncommon
Taxa Group Tags
- Reptile
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
254
References
Vouchers
0
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
Converted from non-NPSpecies format by I&M Office
Created Date
10/31/2005 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
KStraub@nps.gov
Last Modified Date
4/18/2019 12:53:58 PM
Notes
Park Species Detail: ATBI Sensitivity = Public Species Notes: Keratin biochemistry suggests that New World members of genus AGKISTRODON may not be monophyletic (if such genera as DEINAGKISTRODON and CALLOSELASMA are recognized as valid) (Campbell and Whitmore 1989). See Chiasson et al. (1989) for information on scal STATUS: Native, Breeder, Common, Present in Park;; ; Taxonomy Notes: valid; General Notes: Cash does not record subspecies, but Gibbons and Dorcas puts us clearly in the northern range
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