Crotalus lorenzoensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Crotalus
Species: Crotalus lorenzoensis

Name

Crotalus lorenzoensis Radcliffe & Maslin, 1975

• Holotype: SDNHM 46009, adult ♂, collected by C.E. Shaw on 23 May 1966.
• Type locality: “San Lorenzo Sur Island in the Gulf of California, Baja California Norte, Mexico”.

Combinations

• Crotalus ruber lorenzoensis Radcliffe & Maslin, 1975: 490 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Crotalus exsul lorenzoensis — Grismer, 1994 :71 [subsequent combination, as subspecies]
• Crotalus lorenzoensis — Grismer, 1999: 461 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

References

Primary references

• Radcliffe, C. W. & Maslin, T.P. 1975. A new subspecies of the red rattlesnake, Crotalus ruber, from San Lorenzo Sur Island, Baja California Norte, Mexico. Copeia 1975(3): 490–493. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Grismer, L.L. 1999. An Evolutionary Classification of Reptiles on Islands in the Gulf of California, México. Herpetologica 55(4): 446–469. JSTOR Reference page. 

Additional references

• Grismer, L.L. 2002. Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California, Including Its Pacific Islands and the Islands in the Sea of Cortés. University of California Press: Berkeley, California. 413 pp. ISBN 9780520925205 Reference page. 
• Campbell, J.A. & Lamar, W.W. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 Volumes. Cornell University Press: Ithaca, New York. 1032 pp. ISBN 9780801441417 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Crotalus lorenzoensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 Juy 2020.
• Frost, D.R. & Hollingsworth, B. 2007. IUCN: Crotalus lorenzoensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64322A12767736. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64322A12767736.en

Vernacular names

English: San Lorenzo Sur Island Rattlesnake
español: Cascabel de la isla San Lorenzo Sur