Crotalus ruber lucasensis

Crotalus ruber lucasensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Crotalus
Species: C. ruber
Subspecies: C. r. lucasensis
Trinomial name
Crotalus ruber lucasensis
Van Denburgh, 1920
Synonyms
  • Crotalus ruber lucasensis - Van Denburgh, 1920
  • Crotalus atrox lucasensis - Schmidt, 1922
  • Crotalus ruber lucasensis - Klauber, 1949
  • Crotalus exsul lucasensis - Grismer, McGuire & Hollingsworth, 1994[1]
Common names: San Lucan diamond rattlesnake.[2]

Crotalus ruber lucasensis is a venomous pitviper subspecies[3] found in Mexico in the cape region of lower Baja California.

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Description

Similarly to C. r. ruber, adult specimens commonly exceed 100 cm in length. Both of these subspecies can be identified by having prenasals that are usually in contact with the first pair of supralabials, an absence to interchinshields, and by having tail rings that are either complete, or broken at the midline, but usually not latterally.[4]:579 However, this subspecies in particular exhibits a tendency for rattle loss.[4]:491

Geographic range

Found in Mexico in the cape region of lower Baja California. The type locality given is "Agua Caliente, Cape Region of Lower [Baja] California, Mexico."[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Crotalus ruber lucasensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635279. Retrieved 17 December 2008. 
  4. ^ a b 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.

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