Crotalus vegrandis
Crotalus vegrandis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Genus: | Crotalus |
Species: | C. vegrandis
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Binomial name | |
Crotalus vegrandis Klauber, 1941
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Synonyms | |
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- Common names: Uracoan rattlesnake.[2]
Crotalus vegrandis is a venomous pitviper species[3] found only in Venezuela in South America.
Description[]
Klauber (1997) gives two maximum lengths: 636 mm for the largest measured specimen, and 684 mm as the greatest value from a report believed to be reliable.[2]
Geographic range[]
Found only in the type locality, which is "Maturín Savannah, near Uracoa, Sotillo District, State of Monagas, Venezuela."[1]
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).
- ^ a b Klauber LM. 1997. Rattlesnakes: Their Habitats, Life Histories, and Influence on Mankind. Second Edition. 2 volumes. Reprint, University of California Press, Berkeley. ISBN 0-520-21056-5.
- ^ "Crotalus vegrandis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 August 2007.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Crotalus vegrandis. |
- Crotalus vegrandis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 August 2007.
Categories:
- Crotalus
- Snakes of South America
- Endemic fauna of Venezuela
- Reptiles of Venezuela
- Reptiles described in 1941