Crotalus lorenzoensis

Crotalus lorenzoensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Crotalus
Species:
C. lorenzoensis
Binomial name
Crotalus lorenzoensis
Synonyms
  • Crotalus ruber lorenzoensis
    Radcliffe & Maslin, 1975
  • C[rotalus]. e[xsul]. lorenzoensis
    — Grismer, McGuire & Hollingsworth, 1994[2]
  • Crotalus lorenzoensis
    — Grismer, 1999[3]

Crotalus lorenzoensis is a species of pit viper.[4]

Description

These vipers are usually smaller than their counterparts on the mainland.[5]

Geographic range

C. lorenzoensis is only known from the type locality, which is San Lorenzo Island, thus making it an endemic species.[2]

Habitat

The snakes live mainly in rocky areas and arroyo bottoms, sometimes in dunes near the coast and in cavities formed by adjacent boulders.[1]

Conservation status

This species is classified as "Least Concern" (LC) on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

References

  1. ^ a b Frost, D.R.; Hollingsworth, B. (2007). "Crotalus lorenzoensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64322A12767736. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64322A12767736.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. ^ Crotalus lorenzoensis at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ^ "Crotalus lorenzoensis ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 13 September 2007.
  5. ^ Campbell JA, Lamar WW (2004). The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 volumes. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates. 870 pp. 1,500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.

Further reading

  • Heimes, Peter (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol I. Frankfurt, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.
  • Radcliffe, CW, and T Paul Maslin (1975). "A New Subspecies of the Red Rattlesnake, Crotalus ruber, from San Lorenzo Sur Island, Baja California Norte, Mexico". Copeia 1975 (3): 490-493. (Crotalus ruber lorenzoensis, new subspecies).