Crotalus enyo

Crotalus enyo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Crotalus
Species:
C. enyo
Binomial name
Crotalus enyo
(Cope, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Caudisona enyo Cope, 1861
  • Crotalus enyo – Cope, 1875
  • [Crotalus oreganus] var. enyo
    Garman, 1884
  • Crotalus tigris (part)
    Boulenger, 1896
  • Crotalus confluentus enyo
    Amaral, 1929
  • Crotalus enyo enyo
    Lowe & Norris, 1954
  • Crotalus enyo
    – Beaman & Grismer, 1994[2]

Crotalus enyo, commonly known as the Baja California rattlesnake[3] or Lower California rattlesnake,[4] is a pit viper species native to the coast and islands of northwestern Mexico. Like all other pit vipers, it is venomous. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.[5]

  1. ^ Hollingsworth, B.; Frost, D.R. (2007). "Crotalus enyo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64316A12765256. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64316A12765256.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. ^ Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
  4. ^ Klauber LM. 1997. Rattlesnakes: Their Habitats, Life Histories, and Influence on Mankind. Second Edition. First published in 1956, 1972. University of California Press, Berkeley. ISBN 0-520-21056-5.
  5. ^ "Crotalus enyo". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 9 February 2007.

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