Mexican Moccasin
Agkistrodon bilineatus
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Non-constrictor
- Type
- Pit Viper
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Agkistrodon
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 5
- How common
- Common
About
Mexican Moccasin (Agkistrodon bilineatus) is a venomous pit viper of the family Viperidae, found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 34 more. Common: recorded in 192 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.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Lowland Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Cloud Forest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Subtropical Dry Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Pine Forest
- Riverine Forest
- Scrub Forest
- Thorn Forest
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Scrubland
- Desert
- Hot Desert
- Coastal Desert
- Desert Scrub
- Mountain Slopes
- Highlands
- Plateaus
- Wetlands
Related snakes
- Broad-banded Copperhead Agkistrodon laticinctus
- Taylor's Cantil Agkistrodon taylori
- Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus
- Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix
- Gloyd's Moccasin Agkistrodon howardgloydi
- Cantil Agkistrodon russeolus
- Florida Cottonmouth Agkistrodon conanti
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.