Crotalus durissus vegrandis

Crotalus durissus vegrandis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Subfamily:	Crotalinae
Genus:	Crotalus
Species:	C. durissus
Subspecies:	C. d. vegrandis
Trinomial name
Crotalus durissus vegrandis Klauber, 1941
Synonyms
Crotalus vegrandis - Klauber, 1941 Crotalus durissus vegrandis - Klauber, 1956 Crotalus (Crotalus) vegrandis - Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970 Crotalus vegrandis - McCranie, 1984 Crotalus d[urissus]. vegrandis - Campbell & Lamar, 1989[1]

Common names: Uracoan rattlesnake.^[2]

Crotalus durissus vegrandis is a venomous pitviper subspecies^[3] found only in Venezuela in South America.

Description

Klauber (1997) gives two maximum lengths for this dwarfed form of C. durissus: 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 Mongas, Venezuela."^[1]

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

1. ^ ^{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).
2. ^ ^{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.
3. ^ "Crotalus durissus vegrandis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=727500. Retrieved 28 August 2007. 

External links

• Crotalus vegrandis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 August 2007.