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

Authors

  • Ivan Villalobos Juárez Los Hijos del Desierto
  • Elí García- Padilla Biodiversidad Mesoamericana
  • Javier Ayala-Auyón Base Aérea Militar No. 2 Gral. Div. P.A. Antonio Cárdenas Rodríguez. Ciudad Ixtepec, Oaxaca.
  • Cesar Mayoral-Halla Biodiversidad de Oaxaca
  • J. Carmen Aguilar-Terrazas Base Aérea Militar No. 2 Gral. Div. P.A. Antonio Cárdenas Rodríguez. Ciudad Ixtepec, Oaxaca.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2023.01.625

Keywords:

rediscovery, Crotalus atrox, Oaxaca, anthropized environments, Isthmus of Tehuantepec

Abstract

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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2023-03-01

How to Cite

Villalobos Juárez, I., García- Padilla, E. ., Ayala-Auyón, J., Mayoral-Halla, C., & Aguilar-Terrazas, J. C. (2023). 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. Revista Latinoamericana De Herpetología, 6(01), 68–73. https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2023.01.625

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Vol. 6 No. 01 (2023): Amphibians and Reptiles: diversity and natural history

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Notas Científicas

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