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GBIF·7551584speciesAnimalia108 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyViperidae
  5. ›genusMixcoatlus
Mixcoatlus melanurus
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IUCN EN · Endangered

Black-tailed Horned Pitviper

Mixcoatlus melanurus (Müller, 1924)

Also calledCornuda Cola Negra (spa) · Nauyaca-nariz de cerdo cornuda (spa) · Schwarzschwanz-Berggrubenotter (deu) · Víbora de cuernitos cola negra (spa) · víbora cornezuelo (spa) · víbora torito mexicano (spa)

First described in: Müller, L. Ueber neue oder seltene Mittel- und Südamerikanische Amphibien und Reptilien.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the stacks

Searching the stacks…

Every page naming Mixcoatlus melanurus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 7551584.