Mixcoatlus

Mixcoatlus is a small genus of pit vipers endemic to Mexico. The genus was described in 2011.^[1]

Mixcoatlus
Mixcoatlus melanurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Subfamily:	Crotalinae
Genus:	Mixcoatlus Jadin, Smith, and Campbell, 2011[1]
Type species
Agkistrodon browni Shreve, 1938
Diversity
3 species (see text)

The name Mixcoatlus is derived from the Nahuatl word Mixcoatl or "cloud serpent", a deity of the Aztec and several other Mesoamerican civilizations. This name also refers to the geographic restriction of this clade to elevations above 2,000 meters.^[1]

Species

There are three species:^[1][2]

• Mixcoatlus barbouri (Dunn, 1919)
• Mixcoatlus browni (Shreve, 1938)
• Mixcoatlus melanurus (Müller, 1923)