Animal: Mixcoatlus spp., Montane pitvipers
Species
- Mixcoatlus barbouri
- Mixcoatlus browni
- Mixcoatlus melanurus
The genus Mixcoatlus has been proposed by Jadin et al. 2011.
M. barbouri and M. browni formerly Cerrophidion barbouri. M. melanurus formerly Ohpryacus melanurum.
Taxonomy
Common names
- Barbour's montane pitviper
- Brown's montane pitviper
- Black tailed horned pitviper
Distribution
See link "Distribution" at the top of the page for detailed information.
Southern Mexico.
Mixocoatlus spp.
Biology
Relatively small and stout pitvipers, reaching a maximum length of 50 cm. M. barbouri and M. browni are diurnal.
Although M. browni posses a prehensile tail it does not live high in the trees, but ascends into low vegetation. In M. melanurus a single scale above each eye forms a flattened horn.
The limited habitat range of Mixcoatl spp. makes this genus the most retricted of New World pitvipers. The three species live in altitudes above 1'600 m. M. barbouri in humid pine-oak and cloud forest, 2'300–2'600 m. M. browni in cloud forest, 1'800-3'300 m. M. melanurus in arid tropical scrub, deciduous forest and seasonally dry pine-oak forest, 1'600-2'400 m.
Risk
Unknown
Literature (biological)
Jadin et al. 2011, Grünwald et al. 2015