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Crotalus transversus



Crotalus transversus
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. transversus
Binomial name
Crotalus transversus
Taylor, 1944
Synonyms
  • Crotalus transversus - Taylor, 1944[1]
Common names: Cross-banded mountain rattlesnake.[2]

Crotalus transversus is a venomous pitviper species found in central Mexico. Known from less than 20 specimens.[2] No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]

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Description

Adults grow to a maximum recorded length of 46.5 cm (for a female). The length of the tail represents 10.5% of total body length in males and 7.1-7.9% in females.[2]

Geographic range

Found in central Mexico in the Sierra Ajusco and the Sierra de Monte Alto of the Transverse Volcanic Cordillera in México (state) and Morelos. Occurs at elevations exceeding 2,900 m in temperate boreal forests. The type locality given is "about 55 km. SW México (city), near Tres Marías (Tres Cumbres), Morelos [Mexico], elevation about 10,000 ft."[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. ^ a b c 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.
  3. ^ Crotalus transversus (TSN 585831). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 1 August 2007.
  4. ^ Crotalus transversus 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.
 
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Crotalus_transversus". A list of authors is available in Wikipedia.
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