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Crotalus durissus (Cascabel Rattlesnake; Neotropical rattlesnake)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Crotalus durissus is a venomous pit viper species found in South America. The most widely distributed member of its genus, this species poses a serious medical problem in many parts of its range. Currently, nine subspecies are recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.
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Infraspecies

Crotalus durissus cincolor
Crotalus durissus cumanensis (Colombian rattlesnake)
Crotalus durissus durissus
Crotalus durissus marajoensis
Crotalus durissus ruruima (Cascabel rattlesnake)
Crotalus durissus terrificus (Cascabel rattlesnake) (Attributes)
Crotalus durissus trigonicus (Neotropical rattlesnake)
Crotalus durissus unicolor (Aruba Island Rattlesnake) (Attributes)
Crotalus durissus var. concolor
Crotalus durissus var. durissus

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.535 lbs (1.15 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  14 grams
Female Maturity [1]  3 years
Male Maturity [1]  3 years
Gestation [1]  4 months
Litter Size [1]  6
Maximum Longevity [1]  20 years
Venomous [2]  Yes

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ophidascaris durissus[3]

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
♦ 2Venomous snakes and antivenoms search interface, World Health Organization
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
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