Crotalus tzabcan
Crotalus tzabcan, the Yucatán neotropical rattlesnake, is a species of pit viper in the family Viperidae. It was previously thought to be a subspecies of Crotalus durissus, until Wüster elevated it to species status in 2005.[2]
| Crotalus tzabcan | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Crotalus |
| Species: | C. tzabcan |
| Binomial name | |
| Crotalus tzabcan Klauber, 1952 | |
| Synonyms | |
References
- Acevedo, M (2014). "Crotalus tzabcan". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T197478A2488339. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T197478A2488339.en. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- Wüster, W., Ferguson, J.E., Quijada-Mascareñas, J.A., Pook, C.E., Da Graça Salomão, M. and Thorpe, R.S. 2005. Tracing an invasion: landbridges, refugia, and the phylogeography of the Neotropical rattlesnake (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalus durissus,/i>). Molecular Ecology 14(4): 1095-1108.
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