Crotalus tancitarensis ALVARADO-DÍAZ & CAMPBELL, 2004
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Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Tancitaro Rattlesnake S: Cascabel de Tancítaro |
Synonym | Crotalus tancitarensis ALVARADO-DÍAZ & CAMPBELL 2004 Crotalus triseriatus triseriatus — SCHMIDT & SHANNON 1947 Crotalus intermedius intermedius — KLAUBER 1952 Crotalus tancitarensis — BEAMAN & HAYES 2008 Aechmophrys (Cottonus) tancitarensis — HOSER 2009 Crotalus tancitarensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 195 |
Distribution | SW Mexico (Michoacán) Type locality: Cerro Tancítaro, Michoacán, Mexico, elevation 3225 m (19° 24’ 13’’ N, 102° 19’ 45’’ W). |
Reproduction | ovovivparous |
Types | Holotype: CPUM (INIRENA) 309 (Univ. Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo) |
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Comment | Venomous! Nomenclature: Hoser’s 2009 classification and nomenclature has been rejected as unnecessary and unavailable by WÜSTER & BERNILS 2011. Conservation: one of the 30 most endangered viper species (Maritz et al. 2016). |
Etymology | Named after the type locality, Tancítaro and the Latin suffix -ensis, denoting place. The name Tancítaro is taken from the Tarascan language and means ‘‘place of offering.’’ |
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