Crotalus totonacus
Crotalus totonacus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Subfamily: | Crotalinae |
Genus: | Crotalus |
Species: | C. totonacus |
Binomial name | |
Crotalus totonacus Gloyd & Kauffeld, 1940 | |
Synonyms | |
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- Common name: Totonacan rattlesnake[2]
Crotalus totonacus is a venomous pit viper species found in northeastern Mexico. No subspecies are currently recognized.[4]
Description
Adults frequently grow to more than 150 cm (4.9 ft) in length. The largest recorded specimen was 166.5 cm (5.46 ft) in length.[2]
Geographic range
It is found in northeastern Mexico from central Nuevo León through southern Tamaulipas, northern Veracruz, eastern San Luis Potosí and northern Querétaro.[2] The type locality given is "Panaco Island, about 75 miles south of Tampico, Veracruz, Mexico, 12 miles inland from Cabo Rojo" (121 km and 19 km, respectively).[1]
Taxonomy
This species was previously considered a subspecies of C. durissus.[1]
See also
- List of crotaline species and subspecies
- Crotalus by common name
- Crotalus by taxonomic synonyms
- Crotalinae by common name
- Crotalinae by taxonomic synonyms
- Snakebite
References
- 1 2 3 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- 1 2 3 4 Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 volumes. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org
- ↑ "Crotalus totonacus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
Further reading
- Gloyd, H.K. and C.F. Kauffeld. 1940. A new rattlesnake from Mexico. Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 6 (2): 11-14 + one plate.
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