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MeSH Heading: Agkistrodon
Tree Number(s): B01.050.050.286.875.875.240.250; B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.937.240.250; B01.050.150.900.833.672.562.875.240.250
Unique ID: D017836
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017836
Scope Note: 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)
Entry Term(s): Agkistrodon conanti; Agkistrodon contortrix; Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix; Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus; Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen; Agkistrodon contortrix phaeogaster; Agkistrodon contortrix pictigaster; Agkistrodon piscivorus; Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti; Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma; Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus; Ancistrodon; Black Moccasin; Boa contortrix; Broad-Banded Copperhead; Copperhead; Cottonmouth; Eastern Cottonmouth; Florida Cottonmouth; Northern Copperhead; Osage Copperhead; Southern Copperhead; Swamp Moccasin; Trans-Pecos Copperhead; Water Moccasin; Water Moccasins; Western Cottonmouth
Related Numbers: txid336208; txid336209; txid336210; txid37195; txid459671; txid8713; txid8715; txid8716; txid8720
Previous Indexing: Snakes (1966-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 1994; for WATER MOCCASIN see COLUBRIDAE 1994-2022
History Note: 1994; for WATER MOCCASIN use COLUBRIDAE 1994-2022
Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1993/02/16
Revision Date: 2023/05/31

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

classification (CL)

embryology (EM)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

physiology (PH)

surgery (SU)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Eukaryota [B01]
- Animals [B01.050]
  - Animal Population Groups [B01.050.050]
    - Animals, Poisonous [B01.050.050.286]
      - Venomous Snakes [B01.050.050.286.875]
        
        Viperidae [B01.050.050.286.875.875]
        
        Crotalinae [B01.050.050.286.875.875.240]
        
        Agkistrodon [B01.050.050.286.875.875.240.250]
        
        Bothrops [B01.050.050.286.875.875.240.375]
        
        Crotalus [B01.050.050.286.875.875.240.500]
        
        Trimeresurus [B01.050.050.286.875.875.240.750]

Eukaryota [B01]
- Animals [B01.050]
  - Chordata [B01.050.150]
    - Vertebrates [B01.050.150.900]
      - Reptiles [B01.050.150.900.833]
        
        Snakes [B01.050.150.900.833.672]
        
        Alethinophidia [B01.050.150.900.833.672.125]
        
        Viperidae [B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.937]
        
        Crotalinae [B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.937.240]
        
        Agkistrodon [B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.937.240.250]
        
        Bothrops [B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.937.240.375]
        
        Crotalus [B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.937.240.500]
        
        Trimeresurus [B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.937.240.750]

Eukaryota [B01]
- Animals [B01.050]
  - Chordata [B01.050.150]
    - Vertebrates [B01.050.150.900]
      - Reptiles [B01.050.150.900.833]
        
        Snakes [B01.050.150.900.833.672]
        
        Venomous Snakes [B01.050.150.900.833.672.562]
        
        Viperidae [B01.050.150.900.833.672.562.875]
        
        Crotalinae [B01.050.150.900.833.672.562.875.240]
        
        Agkistrodon [B01.050.150.900.833.672.562.875.240.250]
        
        Bothrops [B01.050.150.900.833.672.562.875.240.375]
        
        Crotalus [B01.050.150.900.833.672.562.875.240.500]
        
        Trimeresurus [B01.050.150.900.833.672.562.875.240.750]

Agkistrodon Preferred

Concept UI: M0026950
Related Numbers: txid336208; txid336209; txid336210; txid37195; txid459671; txid8713; txid8715; txid8716; txid8720
Scope Note: 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)
Terms: Agkistrodon Preferred Term
Term UI T053320
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Ancistrodon
Term UI T053321
Date11/23/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994)

Cottonmouth Narrower

Concept UI: M0026951
Terms: Cottonmouth Preferred Term
Term UI T053322
Date10/09/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Agkistrodon piscivorus
Term UI T001122395
Date07/14/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Swamp Moccasin
Term UI T001121502
Date06/22/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Black Moccasin
Term UI T001121503
Date06/22/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Water Moccasins
Term UI T001116411
Date12/28/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Water Moccasin
Term UI T001116412
Date12/28/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023)

Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma Narrower

Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus Narrower

Agkistrodon conanti Narrower

Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix Narrower

Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus Narrower

Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen Narrower

Agkistrodon contortrix phaeogaster Narrower

Copperhead Narrower

Agkistrodon contortrix pictigaster Narrower

Agkistrodon MeSH Descriptor Data 2024