Biology:Crotalus durissus vegrandis

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Crotalus durissus vegrandis
Crotale venezuela 19.JPG
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Crotalus
Species:
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 only in Venezuela in South America.

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 Monagas, Venezuela."[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. 2.0 2.1 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 durissus vegrandis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=727500. Retrieved 28 August 2007. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3730291 entry