Crotalus lorenzoensis

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Crotalus lorenzoensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
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 [2]
  • Crotalus lorenzoensis
    — Grismer, 1999 [3]

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

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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.

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References

  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.
  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.
  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.

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