Crotalus catalinensis

Crotalus catalinensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Crotalus
Species:
C. catalinensis
Binomial name
Crotalus catalinensis
Cliff, 1954[2]

The Santa Catalina rattlesnake (Crotalus catalinensis) is a species of pit viper endemic to Isla Santa Catalina in the Gulf of California just off the east coast of the state of Baja California Sur, Mexico. Like all other pit vipers, it is venomous. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3] A relatively small and slender species, its most distinctive characteristic is that it lacks a rattle.[4] They are also a generally nocturnal species.[5] Though the species is classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, there are few efforts for the snake's conservation.[1]

  1. ^ a b Avila Villegas, H.; Frost, D.R.; Arnaud, G. (2007). "Crotalus catalinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64314A12764544. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64314A12764544.en. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  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. ^ "Crotalus catalinensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 February 2007.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Islands and Snakes: Isolation and Adaptive Evolution. Oxford University Press, Incorporated, Oxford: Oxford University Press, Incorporated, Oxford. 2019. pp. 241–257. ISBN 9780190676414.