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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* Fitzinger LJ. 1826. *Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren natürlichen Verwandtschaften: nebst einer Verwandtschafts-Tafel und einem Verzeichnisse der Reptilien-Sammlung des K. K. Zoologischen Museums zu Wien*. J.G. Heubner, Vienna. 66 pp.
* Hubbs B, O'Connor B. 2012. *A Guide to the Rattlesnakes and other Venomous Serpents of the United States*. Tricolor Books. Tempe, Arizona. 129 pp. ISBN 978-0-9754641-3-7.
* Jones JM. 1976. Variation of venom proteins in *Agkistrodon* snakes from North America. Copeia 1976(3): 558-562.
* Knight A, Densmore III LD, Real ED. 1992. Molecular systematics of the *Agkistrodon* complex, p.&nbsp;49-70 *In* Campbell JA, Brodie Jr. ED. 1992. *Biology of the Pitvipers*. Texas: Selva. 467 pp.&nbsp;17 plates. ISBN 0-9630537-0-1.
* Link HF. 1807. *Beschreibung der naturalien-sammlung der Universität zu Rostock*. Zweite abtheilung, pp.&nbsp;51–100. Gebruckt bei Adlers Erben, Rostock.
* Palisot de Beauvois AMFJ. 1799. Memoir on Amphibia. Serpentes. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 4: 362-381.
* Parkinson CL. 1999. Molecular systematics and biogeographical history of pitvipers as determined by mitochondrial ribosomal DNA sequences. Copeia 1999(3): 576-586.
* Parkinson CL, Moody SM, Ahlquist JE. 1997. Phylogenetic relationships of the "*Agkistrodon* complex" based on mitochondrial DNS data. P. 63-78 *In* Thorpe RS, Wüster W, Malhotra A. 1997. *Venomous snakes: ecology, evolution and snakebite*. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
* Sonnini CS, Latreille PA. 1801. *Histoire naturelle des reptiles, avec figures dissinees dápres nature*. 4 Vols. Paris (for a discussion of the publication date, see F. Harper, 1940, Amer. Midl. Nat. 23: 692-723).
* Troost G. 1836. On a new genus of serpents, and two new species of the genus Heterodon, inhabiting Tennessee. Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist., New York, 3: 174-190.
* Wagler JG. 1830. *Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugthiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie*. J.G. Cotta, München. 354 pp.

### Sumber informasi
* ITIS: ''Agkistrodon'' Palisot de Beauvois, 1799
* ''Agkistrodon sp.'' @ The Reptile Database
* ADW: Genus ''Agkistrodon''