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Agkistrodon howardgloydi CONANT, 1984

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Higher TaxaViperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Gloyd’s Moccasin
G: Gloyds Mokassinschlange 
SynonymAgkistrodon bilineatus howardgloydi CONANT 1984: 135
Agkistrodon bilineatus howardgloydi — VILLA 1984:18
Agkistrodon bilineatus howardgloydi — GLOYD & CONANT 1990: 87
Agkistrodon bilineatus howardgloydi — MCDIARMID et al. 1999
Agkistrodon bilineatus howardgloydi —PARKINSON et al. 2000: 412
Agkistrodon bilineatus howardgloydi —SMITH & CHISZAR 2001: 134
Agkistrodon bilineatus howardgloydi —CAMPBELL & LAMAR 2004: 263
Agkistrodon howardgloydi — PORRAS et al. 2013
Agkistrodon howardgloydi — SUNYER & MARTÍNEZ-FONSECA 2023 
DistributionNW Costa Rica, W Nicaragua, S Honduras

Type locality: tropical dry forest, 0.8 km north of Mirador el Cañon del Tigre, Parque Nacional Santa Rosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica.  
Reproductionviviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: AMNH 125525, male 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (6328 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous!

Synonymy: WALLACH et al. 2014 lists this species as synonym of A. bilineatus.

Similar species: Agkistrodon howardgloydi and A. russeolus are genetically very closely related (Alencar et al. 2016).

Distribution: See map in Trutnau (2001) and Porras et al. 2013.

Illustration in Penner (2001). 
EtymologyNamed after Howard Kay Gloyd (1902-1978), American herpetologist. 
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