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Crotalus totonacus

Species of snake

Crotalus totonacus

Species of snake

  • Crotalus basiliscus totonacus Taylor, 1950
  • [Crotalus (Crotalus) durissus] totonacus J. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970
  • Crotalus durissus neoleonensis Juliá-Zertuche & Treviño-Saldaña, 1978 (nomen nudum)
  • Crotalus totonacus Campbell & Lamar, 2004
  • Crotalus totonacus Quijada-Mascareñas & Wüster, 2006

:Common name: Totonacan rattlesnake

Crotalus totonacus is a venomous pit viper species found in northeastern Mexico. No subspecies are currently recognized.

Description

Totonacan Rattlesnake (''Crotalus totonacus'') in southern Tamaulipas, Mexico (10 July 2005).

Adults frequently grow to more than 150 cm in length. The largest recorded specimen was 166.5 cm in length.

Geographic range

It is found in northeastern Mexico from central Nuevo León through southern Tamaulipas, northern Veracruz, eastern San Luis Potosí and northern Querétaro. The type locality given is "Panaco Island, about 75 mi south of Tampico, Veracruz, Mexico, 12 mi inland from Cabo Rojo".

Diet

Crotalus totonacus is known to prey on small mammals and birds. In addition to mammal hair and bird feathers found in stomachs, specific prey items include cave rats (Neotoma sp.), Allen's tree squirrels (Sciurus alleni), and rock squirrels (Spermophilus* [Otospermophilus] *variegatus).

Taxonomy

This species was previously considered a subspecies of C. durissus.

References

References

  1. Marquez, L.C.. (2021). "''Crotalus totonacus''".
  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).
  3. Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 volumes. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. {{ISBN. 0-8014-4141-2.
  4. "The Reptile Database - ''Crotalus totonacus'' GLOYD & KAUFFELD, 1940".
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  6. Farr, William L., Manuel Nevárez de los Reyes, David Lazcano, and Sadot Edgardo. Ortiz-Hernández, 2015. ''Crotalus totonacus (Totonacan Rattlesnake). Diet''. Herpetological Review 46(1): 103.
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