Notes on scutellation, length, and distribution of rattlesnakes (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalus) in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico
2007
Valencia-Hernández, Ángel Alberto(Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas) | Goyenechea, Irene(Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas) | Castillo-Cerón, Jesús Martín(Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas)
Spanish; Castilian. Estudiamos las ocho especies del género Crotalus distribuidas en el estado de Hidalgo y encontramos variación adicional a la registrada en la literatura. C. aquilus y C. atrox registran variación morfológica, mientras que se registran nuevos datos de distribución para C. aquilus, C. atrox C. intermedius, C. scutulatus, y C. totonacus.
Show more [+] Less [-]English. We studied the eight species of Crotalus inhabiting the Mexican state of Hidalgo and found additional variation involving number of scales, body length, and distribution previously unreported in the literature. Supplementary morphological variation is reported for C. aquilus and C. atrox, and new distributional records are reported for C. aquilus, C. atrox, C. intermedius, C. scutulatus, and C. totonacus.
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