Biology:Crotalus lorenzoensis

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Short description: Species of snake

Crotalus lorenzoensis
Scientific classification edit
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
  • Crotalus ruber lorenzoensis
    Radcliffe & Maslin, 1975
  • C[rotalus]. e[xsul]. lorenzoensis
    — Grismer, McGuire & Hollingsworth, 1994[2]
  • Crotalus lorenzoensis
    — Grismer, 1999[3]

Crotalus lorenzoensis is a species of pit viper.[4]

Description

These vipers are usually smaller than their counterparts on the mainland.[5]

Geographic range

C. lorenzoensis is only known from the type locality, which is San Lorenzo Island, thus making it an endemic species.[2]

Habitat

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

This species is classified as "Least Concern" (LC) on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/64322/12767736. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 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).
  3. Crotalus lorenzoensis at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. "Crotalus lorenzoensis ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635278. Retrieved 13 September 2007. 
  5. 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, C.W., 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

Wikidata ☰ Q5188962 entry