Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Viperidae > Mixcoatlus > Mixcoatlus melanurus

Mixcoatlus melanurus (Black-tailed montane pit viper)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Mixcoatlus melanurus is a venomous pitviper species endemic to the mountains of southern Mexico. No subspecies are currently recognized.
View Wikipedia Record: Mixcoatlus melanurus

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Mixcoatlus melanurus

Attributes

Maximum Longevity [1]  17 years
Venomous [2]  Yes

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Tehuacán Valley matorral Mexico Neotropic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Living Hazards Database, Armed Forces Pest Management Board, U.S. Army Garrison - Forest Glen
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0