Crotalus lepidus maculosus
Appearance
Crotalus lepidus maculosus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Genus: | Crotalus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | C. l. maculosus
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Trinomial name | |
Crotalus lepidus maculosus W. Tanner, Dixon & Harris, 1972
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Crotalus lepidus maculosus, the Durangan rock rattlesnake, is a Mexican subspecies of the rock rattlesnake, a venomous species of pit viper.[1]
Description
[edit]The Durangan rock rattlesnake can be distinguished from its sister subspecies as it displays an average of 29-31 small oval spots on its sides which the other subspecies lack, with the ground colour between the spots being heavily pigmented. It also has a difference in numbers of specific scales, as well as being smaller than its adjacent subspecies.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Crotalus lepidus". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ Tanner, Wilmer W.; Dixon, James R.; Harris, Herbert S. (1972). "A New Subspecies of Crotalus Lepidus from Western Mexico". The Great Basin Naturalist. 32 (1): 16–24. ISSN 0017-3614.