Taxonomy details for Florida Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon conanti)

Relationship: Match

iNaturalist United Kingdom Reptile Database: 21 December 2019
Species Agkistrodon conanti (parent: Genus Agkistrodon) Match Species Agkistrodon conanti (parent: Genus Agkistrodon)

Burbrink & Guiher (2015) synonymized A. p. piscivorus and A. p. leucostoma into a single species, A. piscivorus. They split off A. conanti as separate species whose range completely falls into that of A. piscivorus.
http://cnah.org/pdf/88290.pdf. See comments here https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/251295

Created by loarie on 17 November, 2018