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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Autores: Villalobos Juárez, Ivan, García- Padilla, Elí, Ayala-Auyón, Javier, Mayoral-Halla, Cesar, Aguilar-Terrazas, J. Carmen
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.herpetologia.fciencias.unam.mx:article/625
Acceso en línea:https://herpetologia.fciencias.unam.mx/index.php/revista/article/view/625
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Redescubrimiento
Crotalus atrox
Oaxaca
ambientes antropizados
Istmo de Tehuantepec
rediscovery
anthropized environments
Isthmus of Tehuantepec
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Sumario: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.