Mixcoatlus is a small genus of pit vipers endemic to Mexico.

[1] 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.

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