Crotalus tzabcan
Appearance
Crotalus tzabcan | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Genus: | Crotalus |
Species: | C. tzabcan
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Binomial name | |
Crotalus tzabcan Klauber, 1952
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Synonyms | |
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
[edit]- ^ 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.