Preferred Label : agkistrodon;
MeSH definition : A genus of venomous snakes of the subfamily Crotalinae. Twelve species of this genus
are found in North and Central America and Asia. Agkistrodon contortrix is the copperhead,
A. piscivorus, the cottonmouth. The former is named for its russet or orange-brown
color, the latter for the white interior of its mouth. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction
to Herpetology, 3d ed, p336; Moore, Poisonous Snakes of the World, 1980, p75);
MeSH synonym : ancistrodon;
CISMeF synonym : Moccasins, Black; Moccasins, Swamp;
DeCS synonym : Water Mocassin; Water Mocassins;
MeSH hyponym : copperhead; cottonmouth; Copperheads; Cottonmouths; Water Mocassin; Mocassin, Water; Mocassins, Water; Water Mocassins; Swamp Moccasin; Moccasin, Swamp; Swamp Moccasins; Water Moccasin; Water Moccasins; Moccasin, Water; Agkistrodon piscivorus; Black Moccasin; Black Moccasins; Moccasin, Black; Agkistrodon contortrix; Broad-Banded Copperhead; Broad Banded Copperhead; Broad-Banded Copperheads; Copperhead, Broad-Banded; Northern Copperhead; Copperhead, Northern; Northern Copperheads; Osage Copperhead; Copperhead, Osage; Trans-Pecos Copperhead; Copperhead, Trans-Pecos; Trans Pecos Copperhead; Trans-Pecos Copperheads; Florida Cottonmouth; Cottonmouth, Florida; Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti; Eastern Cottonmouth; Cottonmouth, Eastern; Eastern Cottonmouths; Western Cottonmouth; Cottonmouth, Western; Western Cottonmouths; Southern Copperhead; Copperhead, Southern; Southern Copperheads; Boa contortrix;
MeSH Related Number : txid8715; txid8720; txid336208; txid336209; txid336210; txid37195; txid459671; txid8713; txid8716;
MeSH annotation : a genus of vipers; note X refs; its venom: coord IM with CROTALID VENOMS (IM);
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agkistrodon;
UNII : txid8711;
Origin ID : D017836;
UMLS CUI : C0206312;
Allowable qualifiers
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- acutin [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
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A genus of venomous snakes of the subfamily Crotalinae. Twelve species of this genus
are found in North and Central America and Asia. Agkistrodon contortrix is the copperhead,
A. piscivorus, the cottonmouth. The former is named for its russet or orange-brown
color, the latter for the white interior of its mouth. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction
to Herpetology, 3d ed, p336; Moore, Poisonous Snakes of the World, 1980, p75)
