Biology:Crotalus intermedius omiltemanus
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Short description: Subspecies of snake
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Crotalus |
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| Subspecies: | C. i. omiltemanus
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| Trinomial name | |
| Crotalus intermedius omiltemanus Günther, 1895
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- Common names: Omilteman small-headed rattlesnake.[2]
Crotalus intermedius omiltemanus is a venomous pitviper subspecies found in Mexico in the state of Guerrero.[3]
Description
This subspecies can be distinguished from the typical form (C. i. intermedius) by its ventral scale count: 164 or more in males, and 170 or more in females.[2]
Geographic range
Found in Mexico, in Guerrero, in several places west of Chilpancingo, in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains, including the areas that surround Omilteme, San Vincente, and Filo de Caballo. The type locality given is "Mexico, Omilteme in Guerrero."[4]
References
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Klauber LM. 1997. Rattlesnakes: Their Habitats, Life Histories, and Influence on Mankind. Second Edition. First published in 1956, 1972. University of California Press, Berkeley. ISBN:0-520-21056-5.
- ↑ "Crotalus intermedius omiltemanus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635178. Retrieved 9 July 2007.
- ↑ Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN:0-8014-4141-2.
External links
- Crotalus intermedius at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 December 2007.
Wikidata ☰ Q5188949 entry
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