Crotalus durissus vegrandis
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- 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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[edit] 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]
[edit] Geographic range
Found only in the type locality, which is "Maturín Savannah, near Uracoa, Sotillo District, State of Mongas, Venezuela."[1]
[edit] See also
- List of crotaline species and subspecies
- Crotalus by common name
- Crotalus by taxonomic synonyms
- Crotalinae by common name
- Crotalinae by taxonomic synonyms
- Snakebite
[edit] 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. Retrieved on 28 August 2007.
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- Crotalus vegrandis at the TIGR Reptile Database. Accessed 28 August 2007.
