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Product ID L1202
Name Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix 
Common Name(s) Mocassin à lèvres roses (F); Southern Copperhead (E)
Origin USA
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Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix
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Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix
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Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix
Taxonomic Classification
  • Class : Reptilia
  • Order : Squamata
  • Suborder : Serpentes
  • Family : Viperidae
  • Subfamily :  Crotalinae
  • Genus :  Agkistrodon

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