Crotalus intermedius gloydi

Crotalus intermedius gloydi

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Subfamily:	Crotalinae
Genus:	Crotalus
Species:	C. intermedius
Subspecies:	C. i. gloydi

Trinomial name

Crotalus intermedius gloydi
Taylor, 1941

Synonyms

Crotalus triseriatus gloydi - Taylor, 1941
Crotalus gloydi lautus - H.M. Smith In H.M. Smith & Laufe, 1945
Crotalus gloydi - H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1945
Crotalus gloydi lautus - H.M. Smith, 1946
Crotalus gloydi gloydi - H.M. Smith, 1946
Crotalus intermedius gloydi - Davis & Dixon, 1957^[1]

Common names: Oaxacan small-headed rattlesnake.^[2]

Crotalus intermedius gloydi is a venomous pitviper subspecies found in Mexico in the states of Oaxaca and Puebla.^[3]

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1 Description
2 Geographic range
3 See also
4 References

Description

This subspecies can be identified by its scalation. It is characterized by having postnasal scale that is in broad contact with the first supralabial scale. Also, the postnasal is usually not in contact with any other supralabial scale.^[2]

Geographic range

Found in Mexico, in south, central and northern Oaxaca, as well as in central Puebla. The type locality given is "Cero San Filipe (elevation 10,000 ft.) near [15 km northwest of] Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico."^[4]

References

^ 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).
^ ^a ^b Klauber LM. 1997. Rattlesnakes: Their Habitats, Life Histories, and Influence on Mankind. Second Edition. First published in 1956, 1972. University of California Press, Berkeley. ISBN 0-520-21056-5.
^ Crotalus intermedius gloydi (TSN 635177). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 9 July 2007.
^ Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.