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Crotalus catalinensis (Catalina Island Rattlesnake)

Wikipedia Abstract

Crotalus catalinensis is a species of venomous 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. No subspecies are currently recognized. A relatively small and slender species, its most distinctive characteristic is that it lacks a rattle.
View Wikipedia Record: Crotalus catalinensis

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Crotalus catalinensis

Attributes

Maximum Longevity [1]  12 years
Venomous [2]  Yes

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Gulf of California xeric scrub Mexico Nearctic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands

Prey / Diet

Dipsosaurus catalinensis[3]
Peromyscus slevini (Slevin's mouse)[3]
Sceloporus lineatulus (Santa Catalina Spiny Lizard)[3]
Uta squamata[3]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Living Hazards Database, Armed Forces Pest Management Board, U.S. Army Garrison - Forest Glen
♦ 3Feeding Ecology of the Endemic Rattleless Rattlesnake, Crotalus catalinensis, of Santa Catalina Island, Gulf of California, Mexico, Héctor Avila-Villegas, Marcio Martins, Gustavo Arnaud, Copeia, 2007(1), pp. 80–84
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0