BEYOND MYTHS: REDISCOVERY OF THE WESTERN DIAMONDBACK RATTLESNAKE Crotalus atrox (BAIRD & GIRARD, 1853) IN THE MEXICAN STATE OF OAXACA AFTER A SPAN OF 79 YEARS

We rediscovered and confirmed, after a span of 79 years, the presence of the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotalus atrox in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The record is based on six specimens found in an anthropized environment within the Base Aérea Militar II located in Ciudad Ixtepec, in the muni...

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Authors: Villalobos Juárez, Ivan, García- Padilla, Elí, Ayala-Auyón, Javier, Mayoral-Halla, Cesar, Aguilar-Terrazas, J. Carmen
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2023
Country:México
Institution:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repository:Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.herpetologia.fciencias.unam.mx:article/625
Online Access:https://herpetologia.fciencias.unam.mx/index.php/revista/article/view/625
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Redescubrimiento
Crotalus atrox
Oaxaca
ambientes antropizados
Istmo de Tehuantepec
rediscovery
anthropized environments
Isthmus of Tehuantepec
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Summary:We rediscovered and confirmed, after a span of 79 years, the presence of the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotalus atrox in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The record is based on six specimens found in an anthropized environment within the Base Aérea Militar II located in Ciudad Ixtepec, in the municipality of Asunción Ixtaltepec within the Isthmus of Tehuantepec region.

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