Crotalus lorenzoensis
Appearance
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Genus: | Crotalus |
Species: | C. lorenzoensis
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Crotalus lorenzoensis is a species of pit viper.[4]
Description
[edit]These vipers are usually smaller than their counterparts on the mainland.[5]
Geographic range
[edit]C. lorenzoensis is only known from the type locality, which is San Lorenzo Island, thus making it an endemic species.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The snakes live mainly in rocky areas and arroyo bottoms, sometimes in dunes near the coast and in cavities formed by adjacent boulders.[1]
Conservation status
[edit]This species is classified as "Least Concern" (LC) on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Crotalus lorenzoensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 September 2007.