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Crotalus transversus

{{Short description|Species of snake}}

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| image = Gfp-cross-banded-rattlesnake.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Flores-Villela, O. |author2=Campbell, J.A. |date=2007 |title=Crotalus transversus |volume=2007 |page=e.T64337A12771695 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64337A12771695.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Crotalus

| species = transversus

| authority = Taylor, 1944McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. {{ISBN|1-893777-00-6}} (series). {{ISBN|1-893777-01-4}} (volume).

| range_map = Crotalus transversus distribution.png

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Crotalus transversus, or the cross-banded mountain rattlesnake, is a species of venomous pit viper found in central Mexico, known from less than 20 specimens.Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. {{ISBN|0-8014-4141-2}}. No subspecies are currently recognized.{{ITIS |id=585831 |taxon=Crotalus transversus |accessdate=1 August 2007}}

Description

Adult females grow to a maximum recorded length of {{convert|46.5|cm|in|abbr=on}}. The length of the tail represents 10.5% of total body length in males and 7.1-7.9% in females.

Geographic range

It is found in central Mexico in the Sierra Ajusco and the Sierra de Monte Alto of the Transverse Volcanic Cordillera in the states of México and Morelos at elevations exceeding {{convert|2,900|m|ft|abbr=on}} in temperate boreal forests. The type locality given is "about 55 km. SW México (city), near Tres Marías (Tres Cumbres), Morelos [Mexico], elevation about 10,000 ft." (3,000 m)

Conservation status

This species is classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.{{Redlist species|no=64337|genus=Crotalus|species=transversus|date=13 September|year=2007}} The population trend was stable when assessed in 2007.{{Redlist CC2001|date=13 September|year=2007}}

References

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Further reading

  • Taylor, E.H. 1944. Two New Species of Crotalid Snakes from Mexico. Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 30 (4): 47-56.

External links

  • {{NRDB species|genus=Crotalus|species=transversus|date=12 December|year=2007}}

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Category:Reptiles described in 1944