Crotalus lorenzoensis

Crotalus lorenzoensis
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Crotalus
Species:	C. lorenzoensis
Binomial name
	Crotalus lorenzoensis; Radcliffe & Maslin, 1975
Synonyms
	Crotalus ruber lorenzoensis; Radcliffe & Maslin, 1975; C[rotalus]. e[xsul]. lorenzoensis; — Grismer, McGuire & Hollingsworth, 1994; Crotalus lorenzoensis; — Grismer, 1999;

Last updated October 02, 2025

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 2 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.
1 2 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).
↑ Crotalus lorenzoensis at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
↑ "Crotalus lorenzoensis ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 13 September 2007.
↑ 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.

External links

Crotalus lorenzoensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 13 September 2007.

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[iucn_status_20_November_2021-1] 1 2 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.

[McD99-2] 1 2 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.

[ITIS-4] "Crotalus lorenzoensis ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 13 September 2007.

[C&L04-5] 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.

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