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Agkistrodon

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n.1.a genus of snakes comprising the copperheads.
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Noun1.Agkistrodon - copperheadsAgkistrodon - copperheads                          
Ancistrodon, genus Agkistrodon, genus Ancistrodon
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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In order to more fully characterize winter body temperatures of reptiles and evaluate the possibilities of winter thermoregulation and hibernaculum selection, we studied over-wintering body temperatures of free-ranging Cottonmouth snakes, Agkistrodon piscivorus (Lacepede).
Body temperatures of over-wintering Cottonmouth snakes: hibernaculum ... by Hein, Andrew M.; Guyer, Craig / Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science
In the northern part of their geographic range, the Arkansas and Missouri Agkistrodon piscivorus show an elevated resting metabolic rate at low temperatures.
The influence of circadian rhythms on the metabolism of the snake ... by Pereira da Cruz, José Geraldo; Grimes, Camila; Luchetta Ronchi, Daiane; Pecini da Cunha, Vanessa / Acta Scientiarum Biological Sciences (UEM)
These formulae are to "improve the liver and kidney" (Herba Epimedii, Radix Achyranthis bidentatae, Radix Dipsaci, Rhizoma Polygonati, Cornu Cervi degelatinatum, Radix Gentianae macrophyllae, Agkistrodon acutus, at 15 g each; Caulis Spatholobi, Semen Coicis, at 30 g each; Radix Aconiti praeparata, T.
A systematic review of randomised clinical trials of Tripterygium ... by Canter, P.H.; Lee, Hyang Sook; Ernst, E. / Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology
 
 
 
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