Template:Table of Crotalus durissus subspecies
Appearance
Subspecies[ref 1] | Taxon author[ref 1] | Common name | Geographic range |
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C. d. cumanensis | Humboldt, 1833 | Venezuelan rattlesnake[ref 2] | Dry lowlands of Venezuela and Colombia |
C. d. durissus | Linnaeus, 1758 | South American rattlesnake[ref 3] | Coastal savannas of Guyana, French Guiana and Suriname |
C. d. marajoensis | Hoge, 1966 | Marajon rattlesnake[ref 4] | Known only from Marajo Island, Para State, Brazil |
C. d. maricelae | García Pérez, 1995 | Bolson arido de Lagunillas, Estado Mérida, Venezuela | |
C. d. ruruima | Hoge, 1966 | Known from the slopes of Mount Roraima and Mount Cariman-Perú in Venezuela (Bolívar). A few specimens have been recorded in Brazil (Roraima).[ref 3] | |
C. d. terrificus | (Laurenti, 1768) | Cascavel[ref 2] | Brazil south of the Amazonian forests, extreme southeastern Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina |
C. d. trigonicus | Harris & Simmons, 1978 | Inland savannas of Guyana |
- Table notes:
- ^ a b "Crotalinae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 26 October 2006.
- ^ a b Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Brown JH. 1973. Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73-229. ISBN 0-398-02808-7.