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Crotalus totonacus



Crotalus totonacus
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
  • Crotalus totonacus - Gloyd & Kauffeld, 1940
  • Crotalus durissus totonacus - H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1945
  • Crotalus basiliscus totonacus - Taylor, 1950
  • [Crotalus (Crotalus) durissus] totonacus - Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970[1]
  • Crotalus durissus neoleonensis - Juliá-Zertuche & Treviño-Saldaña, 1978[2]
Common names: Totonacan rattlesnake.[2]

Crotalus totonacus is a venomous pitviper species found in northeastern Mexico. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]

Contents

Description

Adults frequently grow to more than 150 cm in length. The largest recorded specimen was 166.5 cm in length.[2]

Geographic range

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 Tampic, Veracruz, Mexico, 12 miles inland from Cabo Rojo."[1]

Taxonomy

This species was previously considered a subspecies of C. durissus.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c 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 d 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.
  3. ^ Crotalus totonacus (TSN 727494). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 27 August 2007.
 
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