Image: Geographic distribution of the two species of cottonmouth, Agkistrodon piscivorus and Agkistrodon conanti

Description: This map illustrates the geographic distribution of the two species of cottonmouth, the Northern Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus) and the Florida Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon conanti) The black dots indicates the type localities. Agkistrodon piscivorus: “Carolina”; Schmidt (1953 :225) proposed to restrict it to the vicinity of Charleston, South Carolina. Agkistrodon conanti: "at edge of Rochelle-Cross Creek Road, about 7 miles southeast of Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida" It is based on text and maps from the following references - Burbrink, F. T., and T. J. Guiher (2014). Considering gene flow when using coalescent methods to delimit lineages of North American pitvipers of the genus Agkistrodon. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, December 2014. Gloyd, H. K, and R. Conant 1990. Snakes of the Agkistrodon Complex: A Monographic Review. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. 614 pp. 52 plates. LCCN 89-50342. Campbell J. A., and Lamar W. W. (2004). The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates. 870 pp. 1,500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2. Collins, J. T., S. L. Collins, and T. W. Taggart. 2010. Amphibians, Reptiles, and Turtles in Kansas. Eagle Mountain Publishing, LC., Eagle Mountain, Utah. i-xvi, 1-312. i Naturalist Northern Cottonmouth Martof, B. S., W. M. Palmer, J. R. Bailey, J. R. Harrison III, and J. Dermid. 1980. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Carolinas and Virginia. University of North Carolina Press. Chapel Hill, NC. 264 pp. Powell, R., R. Conant and J. Collins. 2016. Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, 4th ed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co. New York. 494 pp. ISBN 978-0-544-12997-9 Webb, R. G. 1970. Reptiles of Oklahoma. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma. vi, 370 pp. Werler, J. E. and J. R. Dixon. 2000. Texas Snakes, Identification, Distribution, and Natural History. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas. xv, 437 pp.
Title: Geographic distribution of the two species of cottonmouth, Agkistrodon piscivorus and Agkistrodon conanti
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