Kingdom Animalia Suborder Serpentes Subfamily Crotalinae Rank Genus | Class Reptilia Family Viperidae Phylum Chordata Order Scaled reptiles | |
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Similar Mixcoatlus melanurus, Ophryacus, Ovophis chaseni, Cerrophidion, Scaled reptiles | ||
Mixcoatlus is a small genus of pit vipers endemic to Mexico. The genus was created in 2011.
The name Mixcoatlus is derived from the Nahuatl word Mixcoatl or "cloud serpent", a deity of the Aztec and several other Mesoamerican civilizations. This name also refers to the geographic restriction of this clade to elevations above 2,000 meters.
Species
There are three species:
References
Mixcoatlus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA