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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: April 12th, 2025.


Taxonomy of the family Viperidae
Bibliography of the genus Deinagkistrodon
Biodiversity of the family Viperidae








Genus
Deinagkistrodon

Sharp-nosed Pitviper

Chinesische Nasenotter, Chinesischer Kupferkopf

Kinesisk Mokkasinslange

1979 Deinagkistrodon Gloyd (type species: Halys acutus Günther 1888)
Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Previously included in Agkistrodon.
Distribution: As for the single species.

Meristic and other data
of the world's snakes.
Compiled by
V. Wallach
Key to abbreviations


Head drawings of the
genus Deinagkistrodon.
Compiled by
V. Wallach

Deinagkistrodon acutus

Sharp-nosed Pitviper, Sharp-nosed Copperhead, Sharp-nosed Pitviper, Long-nosed Pitviper, Chinese Copperhead, Chinese Moccasin, Hundred-pace Pitviper, Hundred-pace Viper, Five-pacer, Snorkel Pitviper

Chinesische Nasenotter, Chinesischer Kupferkopf

Kinesisk Mokkasinslange

1888 Halys acutus Günther
Ancistrodon acutus Boulenger 1896
Agkistrodon acutus Namiye 1908
Deinagkistrodon acutus Gloyd 1979

Distribution: China (Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Vietnam.