Crotalus totonacus
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- Common name: Totonacan rattlesnake[1]
Crotalus totonacus is a venomous pit viper species found in northeastern Mexico. No subspecies are currently recognized.[2]
Description
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Geographic range
It is found in northeastern Mexico from central Nuevo León through southern Tamaulipas, northern Veracruz, eastern San Luis Potosí and northern Querétaro.[1] The type locality given is "Panaco Island, about Script error: No such module "convert". south of Tampico, Veracruz, Mexico, Script error: No such module "convert". inland from Cabo Rojo".[3]
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).[4]
Taxonomy
This species was previously considered a subspecies of C. durissus.[3]
References
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- ↑ 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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Further reading
- Gloyd, H.K. and C.F. Kauffeld. 1940. A new rattlesnake from Mexico. Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 6 (2): 11-14 + one plate.