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Crotalus tzabcan

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Crotalus tzabcan
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • Crotalus durissus tzabcan
    Klauber, 1952
  • Crotalus durissus tzabcan
    Neill & Allen, 1959
  • Crotalus simus tzabcan
    Campbell & Lamar, 2004
  • Crotalus tzabcan
    — Quijada-Mascareñas & Wüster, 2006
  • Caudisona tzabcan
    — Hoser, 2009
  • Crotalus tzabcan
    — Wallach et al. 2014

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]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.