Crotalus durissus vegrandis

Crotalus durissus vegrandis

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Subfamily:	Crotalinae
Genus:	Crotalus
Species:	C. durissus
Subspecies:	C. d. vegrandis

Trinomial name

Crotalus durissus vegrandis
Klauber, 1941

Synonyms

Crotalus vegrandis - Klauber, 1941
Crotalus durissus vegrandis - Klauber, 1956
Crotalus (Crotalus) vegrandis - Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970
Crotalus vegrandis - McCranie, 1984
Crotalus d[urissus]. vegrandis - Campbell & Lamar, 1989^[1]

Common names: Uracoan rattlesnake.^[2]

Crotalus durissus vegrandis is a venomous pitviper subspecies^[3] found in only in Venezuela in South America.

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Description

Klauber (1997) gives two maximum lengths for this dwarfed form of C. durissus: 636 mm for the largest measured specimen, and 684 mm as the greatest value from a report believed to be reliable.^[2]

Geographic range

Found only in the type locality, which is "Maturín Savannah, near Uracoa, Sotillo District, State of Mongas, Venezuela."^[1]

References

^ ^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).
^ ^a ^b Klauber LM. 1997. Rattlesnakes: Their Habitats, Life Histories, and Influence on Mankind. Second Edition. 2 volumes. Reprint, University of California Press, Berkeley. ISBN 0-520-21056-5.
^ Crotalus durissus vegrandis (TSN 727500). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 28 August 2007.