Agkistrodon


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reptile genus - a genus of reptiles
Crotalidae, family Crotalidae - New World vipers: pit vipers
Agkistrodon contortrix, copperhead - common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States
Agkistrodon piscivorus, cottonmouth, cottonmouth moccasin, water moccasin - venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States
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Seahorse Key (SHK) is a coastal Gulf island recognized tor the unique mutualistic relationship between its colonial nesting seabirds and a resident population of Florida cottonmouth snakes (Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti).
Huang, "A novel P-I class metalloproteinase with broad substrate-cleaving activity, agkislysin, from Agkistrodon acutus venom," Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol.
El clado B se encuentra conformado por las provincias que convergen en el estado de Hidalgo y esta apoyado por cuatro sinapomorfias (Agkistrodon taylori, Crotalus totonacus, Micrurus bernadi y Pliocercus elapoides).
Contortrostatin, a disintegrin from Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix venom, is an example of an effective inhibitor of [[beta].sub.1]-integrin-mediated adhesion in metastatic melanoma cells [30].
A novel plasminogen activator from Agkistrodon blomhoffii Ussurensis venom (ABUSV-PA): purification and characterization.
Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix)--Copperheads have been observed at the north edge of the sinkhole, along Stemler Road.
grylio) 0 0 0 0 Unidentified frogs (Ranidae sp.) 2 1 0 0 Amphibians total 5 3 0 1 Water snakes (Nerodia sp.) 0 1 0 0 Ribbon snake (Thamnophis sauritus) 1 0 0 0 Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus) 0 0 0 0 Carolina anolis (Anoils carolinensis) 0 0 0 0 Turtles (Emydidae sp.) 0 0 0 0 Reptiles total 1 1 0 0 Total predation events 6 4 0 1 Month Mar.
Regardless, the similarity of microornamentation in the lampropeltines in general and in Pantherophis specifically stands in stark contrast to the variation in microornamentation reported among congenerics and closely related genera from other colubrid tribes, or within other families of snakes (e.g., Agkistrodon, Chiasson et ah, 1989; Crotalus and Sistrurus, Stille, 1987; Nerodia, Thamnophis, Chiasson and Lowe, 1989).
Isolation and characterization of ACTX-6: a cytotoxic L-amino acid oxidase from Agkistrodon acutus snake venom.