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Crotalus simus LATREILLE, 1801

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Higher TaxaViperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Middle American Rattlesnake
S: Cascabel de Ahua-can 
SynonymCrotalus simus LATREILLE In SONNINI & LATREILLE 1802
Crotalus durissus LINNAEUS 1758 (part.)
Crotalus durissus durissus KLAUBER 1952
Crotalus durissus — CAMPBELL 1998
Crotalus durissus durissus — CAMPBELL & LAMAR 2004
Crotalus simus simus — CAMPBELL & LAMAR 2004
Crotalus simus — PORRAS & SOLORZANO 2006
Crotalus simus — QUIJADA-MASCAREÑAS & WÜSTER 2006
Caudisona simus — HOSER 2009
Crotalus simus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 194
Crotalus simus — SUNYER & MARTÍNEZ-FONSECA 2023 
DistributionS Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz, vielleicht auch Tabasco u. Campeche), Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua

Type locality: "Ceylan." (in error)  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesType: unlocated; given as "Museum national." Not in MNHN, according to Thireau 1991: 4. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (7175 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentType locality: Campbell & Lamar speculate that the holotype of C. durissus is from Suriname not Mexico, and thus the restriction of the type locality to Veracruz, Mexico by Smith (1950?) may be invalid.

Nomenclature: Hoser’s 2009 classification and nomenclature has been rejected as unnecessary and unavailable by WÜSTER & BERNILS 2011.

Species group: Crotalus durissus complex, which includes durissus, simus, culminatus, and tzabcan. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin simus, flatnosed, snub-nosed; having flattened nose. [“...la tête paroît comme tronquée en devant, d'où lui vient le nom spécifique que je lui ai donné...”]. 
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