Gloyd's Cantil
Agkistrodon howardgloydi Conant, 1984
Status not recordedsnakes
The gloyd's cantil (Agkistrodon howardgloydi) is a species in the family Viperidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults live up to 24.3 years.
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Quick facts about the gloyd's cantil
- Weight
- up to 462.8 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- up to 96 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- 24.3 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Reproduction
- Live birthsrc for Reproduction
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the gloyd's cantil live?
Not recorded
Is the gloyd's cantil endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the gloyd's cantil classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyViperidae
- genusAgkistrodon
- SpeciesAgkistrodon howardgloydi Conant, 1984
Synonyms Agkistrodon bilineatus howardgloydi
Other names and names in other languages (6)
- Gloyd's MoccasinEnglish
- Gloyd’s MoccasinEnglish
- Southern CantilEnglish
- Gloyds MokassinschlangeGerman
- Cantil de GloydSpanish
- Mocassino di GloydItalian
Relatives of the gloyd's cantil
Other species in the same genus Agkistrodon.
Eastern copperhead
Agkistrodon contortrix
Cottonmouth
Agkistrodon piscivorus
Cantil
Agkistrodon bilineatus
Taylor's Cantil
Agkistrodon taylori
Cantil
Agkistrodon russeolus
Broad-banded copperhead
Agkistrodon laticinctus
CompareGloyd's Cantil vs Eastern copperheadGloyd's Cantil vs CottonmouthGloyd's Cantil vs CantilGloyd's Cantil vs Taylor's Cantil
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How long does the gloyd's cantil live?
The gloyd's cantil has a recorded lifespan of 24.3 years.
What kind of animal is the gloyd's cantil?
The gloyd's cantil (Agkistrodon howardgloydi) belongs to the family Viperidae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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