Agkistrodon

Agkistrodon adalah kelompok mura yang tinggal di tanah yang lembap atau dataran basah di Meksiko bagian timur laut dan di Amerika Serikat bagian selatan dan tenggara. Nama ilmiahnya berasal dari kata Agkistron="ikan" dan odont="gigi"; Merujuk pada taring mereka yang seperti gigi taring ikan dan kebiasaan mereka, yakni senang memangsa ikan. Semua jenis menyukai tempat lembap, terutama rawa-rawa.

Spesies 
 Agkistrodon bilineatus Günther, 1863
 Agkistrodon contortrix (Linnaeus, 1766) - Copperhead (ular)
 Agkistrodon howardgloydi Conant, 1984
 Agkistrodon piscivorus (Lacépède, 1789) - Cottonmouth (ular)
 Agkistrodon russeolus Gloyd, 1972
 Agkistrodon taylori Burger & Robertson, 1951

Referensi

Bahan bacaan 
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Sumber informasi 
 ITIS: Agkistrodon Palisot de Beauvois, 1799
 Agkistrodon sp. @ The Reptile Database
 ADW: Genus Agkistrodon

Viperidae
Reptil Amerika