Crotalus vegrandis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Genus: | Crotalus |
Species: | C. vegrandis |
Binomial name | |
Crotalus vegrandis Klauber, 1941 | |
Synonyms | |
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Crotalus vegrandis, or the Uracoan Rattlesnake, is a venomous pit viper [2] endemic to Venezuela.
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. [3]
The species only occurs in its type locality of the Maturín Savannah, near the Uracoa Municipality within the state of Monagas. [1]
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