title: Mixcoatlus
text: # Mixcoatlus
  
  Mixcoatlus is a small genus of pit vipers endemic to Mexico. The genus was created in 2011.
  
  The name Mixcoatlus is derived from the Nahuatl word Mixcoatl or "cloud serpent", a deity of the Aztec and several other Mesoamerican civilizations. This name also refers to the geographic restriction of this clade to elevations above 2,000 meters.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are three species:
  
  * Mixcoatlus barbouri (Dunn, 1919)
  * Mixcoatlus browni (Shreve, 1938)
  * Mixcoatlus melanurus (Müller, 1923)
  