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Crotalus ruber (Red Diamond Rattlesnake)

Synonyms: Crotalus adamanteus ruber; Crotalus atrox elegans; Crotalus exsul; Crotalus lucasensis; Crotalus ruber monserratensis

Wikipedia Abstract

Crotalus ruber is a venomous pit viper species found in southwestern California in the United States and Baja California in Mexico. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.
View Wikipedia Record: Crotalus ruber

Infraspecies

Crotalus ruber exsul (red diamond rattlesnake)
Crotalus ruber lucasensis (San Lucan diamond rattlesnake)
Crotalus ruber ruber (Red diamond rattlesnake)

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  8.071 lbs (3.661 kg)
Litter Size [1]  14
Maximum Longevity [2]  19 years
Venomous [3]  Yes

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
California Floristic Province Mexico, United States Yes
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ophidascaris labiatopapillosa <Unverified Name>[4]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2de 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
♦ 3Venomous snakes and antivenoms search interface, World Health Organization
♦ 4Gibson, 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