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Crotalus ruber lorenzoensis



Crotalus ruber lorenzoensis
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Crotalus
Species: C. ruber
Subspecies: C. r. lorenzoensis
Trinomial name
Crotalus ruber lorenzoensis
Radcliffe & Maslin, 1975
Synonyms
  • Crotalus ruber lorenzoensis - Radcliffe & Maslin, 1975
  • C[rotalus]. e[xsul]. lorenzoensis - Grismer, McGuire & Hollingsworth, 1994[1]
Common names: San Lorenzo Island rattlesnake.

Crotalus ruber lorenzoensis is a venomous pitviper subspecies[2] endemic to San Lorenzo Sur Island, Mexico.

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Description

This subspecies usually has no rattle.[3]

Geographic range

Known only from the type locality, which is "San Lorenzo Sur Island in the Gulf of California, Baja California Norte, Mexico."[1]

Conservation status

This species is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (v3.1, 2001).[4] Species are listed as such due to their wide distribution, presumed large population, or because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category. The population trend is stable. Year assessed: 2007.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 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).
  2. ^ Crotalus ruber lorenzoensis (TSN 635278). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 13 September 2007.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Crotalus lorenzoensis at the IUCN Red List. Accessed 13 September 2007.
  5. ^ 2001 Categories & Criteria (version 3.1) at the IUCN Red List. Accessed 13 September 2007.
 
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