Crotalus vegrandis

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Crotalus vegrandis
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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
  • 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]

Crotalus vegrandis, or the Uracoan Rattlesnake, is a venomous pit viper [2] that is endemic to Venezuela.

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Description

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]

Geographic range

The species only occurs in its type locality of the Maturín Savannah, near the Uracoa Municipality, within the state of Monagas. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 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. ↑ "Crotalus vegrandis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 28 August 2007.
  3. ↑ 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.
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