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    Species Accepted

    Crotalus atrox Baird & Girard, 1853

    Tortuga Island Rattlesnake
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Crotalus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Batılı elmas sırtlı Turkish
      Cascabel de Diamantes Spanish
      Cascabel de la Isla Tortuga Spanish
      Cascabel diamantina del oeste Spanish
      Cascavel-de-Tortuga Portuguese
      Cascavel-diamante ocidental Portuguese
      Crotale du Texas French
      Crotalo adamantino occidentale Italian
      Crotalo atroce Italian
      Crotalo diamantino occidentale Italian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      203 results
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      Levine BA, Schuett GW, & Booth W. (2021). Exceptional long-term sperm storage by a female vertebrate. PLoS ONE 16(6): E0252049.
      García-Padilla, E., Heredia-López, I., Villalobos-Juárez, I., Lazcano, D., & Fucsko, L. A. (2025). Notes on the Herpetofauna of Mexico 48: From Sacred to Scorned---A Study of the Mexican Rattlesnake’s Changing Status. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society, 60(3), 25-30.
      Baeza-Tarín, F., Hernández, T., Herr, M., Giovanetto, L., Lazcano, D., & Graham, S. P. (2025). NEW DISTRIBUTION RECORDS OF AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF MADERAS DEL CARMEN, COAHUILA, MEXICO. The Southwestern Naturalist, 68(4), 257-262.
      González-Romero, A., & Alvarez-Cárdenas, S. (1989). Herpetofauna de la Region del Pinacate, Sonora, Mexico: Un Inventario. The Southwestern Naturalist, 34(4), 519–526.
      Observation.org contributors. 2018. "Download species lists". Observation.org, Nature observations form around the world. est. 2008. Hisko de Vries (man). Observation International Foundation. https://observation.org/download.php?lang=en&local=xx
      Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR, & Woolrich-Piña GA. (2018). Amphibians and reptiles of the state of San Luis Potosí, Mexico, with comparisons with adjoining states. ZooKeys 753: 83-106.
      Chiszar, D., & Adam Walters, a. H. M. S. (2008). Rattlesnake Preference for Envenomated Prey: Species Specificity. Journal of Herpetology 42 (4): 764.
      Lemos-Espinal JA, & Smith GR. (2016). Amphibians and reptiles of the state of Coahuila, Mexico, with comparison with adjoining states. ZooKeys 593: 117-137, Doi: 10.3897/Zookeys.593.8484.

      Citation

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