Crotalus mictlantecuhtli CARBAJAL-MÁRQUEZ, CEDEÑO-VÁZQUEZ, MARTÍNEZ-ARCE, NERI-CASTRO & MACHKOUR-M’RABET, 2020
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| Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Veracruz Neotropical rattlesnake |
| Synonym | Crotalus mictlantecuhtli CARBAJAL-MÁRQUEZ, CEDEÑO-VÁZQUEZ, MARTÍNEZ-ARCE, NERI-CASTRO & MACHKOUR-M’RABET 2020 Crotalus simus simus — CAMPBELL & LAMAR 2004 |
| Distribution | Mexico (Veracruz) Type locality: Veracruz city (19.18833°, -96.14000°; 13 m elevation), state of Veracruz, Mexico. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. SDNHM-22416, Adult male, collected on 27 May of 1934 by W. A. King. Paratype. Adult male (SDNHM-24026) collected 14 July of 1935 by W. A. King in Tierra Blanca (18.44981°, -96.35995°; 68 m asl), municipality of Tierra Blanca, state of Veracruz, Mexico. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A rattlesnake belonging to the Crotalus durissus species complex, characterized as other species by a prominent vertebral process and conspicuous scale tuberculations. Crotalus mictlantecuhtli is not sympatric with any congeners, but its range closely approaches those of C. simus-Isthmus-Chiapas and C. tzabcan. Crotalus mictlantecuhtli can be distinguished from all members of the Crotalus durissus species complex by exclusive combination of the following characters: paravertebral stripes with three scale rows, commonly paravertebral stripes with light center, presupraloreal scale absent, postloreal scale absent, usually postsupraloreal scale absent, contact between lacunal and supralabial scales in 68% (n=34) of specimens, postocular stripes of 3.0–3.5 scales width, with light center, contact between paravertebral stripes and supraocular scales in 97% (n=34) of specimens, and dark prefrontal bar interrupted. Additional details (2608 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Habitat: open dry areas with rocky outcrops in tropi- cal deciduous forest and seasonal rain forest. |
| Etymology | The specific epithet “mictlantecuhtli”, derives from the Nahuatl word “Mictlantecuhtli” and means “Lord of Mictlán” or “Lord of the place of the dead”. In Mexican mythology (Aztec), Zapotec and Mixtec, Mictlantecuhtli is the god of the underworld and the dead. The species name is used as an invariable noun in apposition to the generic name. |
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