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Crotalus oreganus (abyssus)

Synonyms: Crotalus lucifer; Crotalus viridis oreganus

Wikipedia Abstract

Crotalus oreganus is a venomous pit viper species found in North America in the western United States, parts of British Columbia, and northwestern Mexico. Seven subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.
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Infraspecies

Crotalus oreganus abyssus (Grand Canyon rattlesnake)
Crotalus oreganus concolor (Pygmy faded rattlesnake)
Crotalus oreganus helleri (Southern Pacific rattlesnake)
Crotalus oreganus lutosus (Great Basin rattlesnake)
Crotalus oreganus oreganus (Northern Pacific rattlesnake)

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  3.631 lbs (1.647 kg)
Litter Size [1]  8
Maximum Longevity [1]  24 years
Venomous [2]  Yes

Predators

Buteo jamaicensis (Red-tailed Hawk)[3]
Lampropeltis catalinensis (California kingsnake)[3]

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
♦ 2Venomous snakes and antivenoms search interface, World Health Organization
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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