Crotalus lorenzoensis | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Genus: | Crotalus |
Species: | C. lorenzoensis |
Binomial name | |
Crotalus lorenzoensis Radcliffe & Maslin, 1975 | |
Synonyms | |
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Crotalus lorenzoensis is a species of pit viper.
Description
These vipers are usually smaller than their counterparts on the mainland.
Geographic range
C. lorenzoensis is only known from the type locality, which is San Lorenzo Island, thus making it an endemic species.
Habitat
The snakes live mainly in rocky areas and arroyo bottoms, sometimes in dunes near the coast and in cavities formed by adjacent boulders.
Conservation status
This species is classified as "Least Concern" (LC) on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
References
- ^ Frost, D.R.; Hollingsworth, B. (2007). "Crotalus lorenzoensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64322A12767736. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64322A12767736.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- Crotalus lorenzoensis at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- "Crotalus lorenzoensis ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 13 September 2007.
- Campbell JA, Lamar WW (2004). The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 volumes. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates. 870 pp. 1,500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
Further reading
- Heimes, Peter (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol I. Frankfurt, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.
- Radcliffe, CW, and T Paul Maslin (1975). "A New Subspecies of the Red Rattlesnake, Crotalus ruber, from San Lorenzo Sur Island, Baja California Norte, Mexico". Copeia 1975 (3): 490-493. (Crotalus ruber lorenzoensis, new subspecies).
External links
- Crotalus lorenzoensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 September 2007.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Crotalus lorenzoensis |