Crotalus intermedius gloydi

Crotalus intermedius gloydi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Subfamily:	Crotalinae
Genus:	Crotalus
Species:	C. intermedius
Subspecies:	C. i. gloydi
Trinomial name
Crotalus intermedius gloydi Taylor, 1941
Synonyms
Crotalus triseriatus gloydi - Taylor, 1941 Crotalus gloydi lautus - H.M. Smith In H.M. Smith & Laufe, 1945 Crotalus gloydi - H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1945 Crotalus gloydi lautus - H.M. Smith, 1946 Crotalus gloydi gloydi - H.M. Smith, 1946 Crotalus intermedius gloydi - Davis & Dixon, 1957[1]

Common names: Oaxacan small-headed rattlesnake.^[2]

Crotalus intermedius gloydi is a venomous pitviper subspecies found in Mexico in the states of Oaxaca and Puebla.^[3]

Description

This subspecies can be identified by its scalation. It is characterized by having postnasal scale that is in broad contact with the first supralabial scale. Also, the postnasal is usually not in contact with any other supralabial scale.^[2]

Geographic range

Found in Mexico, in south, central and northern Oaxaca, as well as in central Puebla. The type locality given is "Cero San Filipe (elevation 10,000 ft.) near [15 km northwest of] Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico."^[4]

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

References

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. ^ ^{a b} 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.
3. ^ "Crotalus intermedius gloydi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635177. Retrieved 9 July 2007. 
4. ^ 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.