- Crotalus ruber lorenzoensis
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Crotalus ruber lorenzoensis Conservation status 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. lorenzoensis Trinomial name Crotalus ruber lorenzoensis
Radcliffe & Maslin, 1975Synonyms - Crotalus ruber lorenzoensis - Radcliffe & Maslin, 1975
- C[rotalus]. e[xsul]. lorenzoensis - Grismer, McGuire & Hollingsworth, 1994[1]
- Common names: San Lorenzo Island rattlesnake.
Crotalus ruber lorenzoensis is a venomous pitviper subspecies[2] endemic to San Lorenzo Sur Island, Mexico.
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Description
This subspecies usually has no rattle, and has shranked in size compared to some of its other subspecies counterparts on the mainland.[3]
Geographic range
Known only from the type locality, which is "San Lorenzo Sur Island in the Gulf of California, Baja California Norte, Mexico."[1]
Conservation status
This species is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (v3.1, 2001).[4] Species are listed as such due to their wide distribution, presumed large population, or because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category. The population trend is stable. Year assessed: 2007.[5]
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
- ^ 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).
- ^ "Crotalus ruber lorenzoensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635278. Retrieved 13 September 2007.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Crotalus lorenzoensis at the IUCN Red List. Accessed 13 September 2007.
- ^ 2001 Categories & Criteria (version 3.1) at the IUCN Red List. Accessed 13 September 2007.
External links
- Crotalus ruber at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 September 2007.
Categories:- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Crotalus
- Fauna of Gulf of California islands
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