Black-tailed Horned Pitviper
Mixcoatlus melanurus
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Non-constrictor
- Type
- Pit Viper
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Mixcoatlus
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 1
- How common
- Recorded in 15 places on iNaturalist
About
Black-tailed Horned Pitviper (Mixcoatlus melanurus) is a venomous pit viper of the family Viperidae, found in Mexico. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 11 more. Recorded in 15 places on iNaturalist.
Where it lives
Native range
Habitats
Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.
Related snakes
- Brown's Montane Pitviper Mixcoatlus browni
- Barbour's Montane Pit Viper Mixcoatlus barbouri
- Bothrops sonene
- Hetfield's Bush Viper Atheris hetfieldi
- Arunachal Pitviper Trimeresurus arunachalensis
- Crotalus caliginis
- San Esteban Island Rattlesnake Crotalus estebanensis
- Veracruz Neotropical rattlesnake Crotalus mictlantecuhtli
- Tehuantepec Isthmus Neotropical rattlesnake Crotalus ehecatl
- Nabang Pitviper Trimeresurus caudornatus
- Crotalus muertensis
- Salazar's Pit Viper Trimeresurus salazar
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.