Crotalus morulus

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Crotalus morulus
Crotalus morulus, Tamaulipan Rock Rattlesnake, Tamailipas.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Crotalus
Species:
C. morulus
Binomial name
Crotalus morulus
Klauber, 1952
Synonyms [1]
  • Crotalus lepidus subsp. morulus Klauber, 1952

Crotalus morulus, or the Tamaulipan rock rattlesnake, is a species of rattlesnake from Mexico, closely related to and previously considered a subspecies of Crotalus lepidus . [2] [3] The name morulus comes from the Latin word morus for mulberry in reference to their mottled patterns. As with all rattlesnakes, it is venomous. [4]

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Description

As juveniles, Crotalus morulus has a dark pattern with black blotches dorsally on a grey base, the dark colours blending between the patterns. Adults are also grey with dark-brown blotches. [4] They are distinguished from Crotalus lepidus by this dark colouration and higher number of blotches. [3]

Their rattle is also known to be fluorescent, although more dull in adults than neonates. [5]

Reproduction

Crotalus morulus is known to be ovoviviparous. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Crotalus morulus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  2. ↑ Blair, Christopher; Bryson Jr, Robert W.; Linkem, Charles W.; Lazcano, David; Klicka, John; McCormack, John E. (2019). "Cryptic diversity in the Mexican highlands: Thousands of UCE loci help illuminate phylogenetic relationships, species limits and divergence times of montane rattlesnakes (Viperidae: Crotalus)" . Molecular Ecology Resources. 19 (2): 349–365. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.12970. ISSN   1755-0998.
  3. 1 2 Klauber, Laurence Monroe; Klauber, Laurence Monroe (1952). Taxonomic studies of the rattlesnakes of mainland Mexico. Vol. 26. San Diego, Calif: Zoological Society of San Diego.
  4. 1 2 3 "Crotalus morulus". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
  5. ↑ "(PDF) Glow and Behold: Biofluorescence and New Insights on the Tails of Pitvipers (Viperidae: Crotalinae) and Other Snakes". ResearchGate. Archived from the original on 2023-09-22. Retrieved 2025-01-01.


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