Crotalus ruber lucasensis
Subspecies of snake
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Crotalus ruber lucasensis, the San Lucan diamond rattlesnake,[3] is a venomous pitviper subspecies[4] found in Mexico in the Cape region of lower Baja California.
| Crotalus ruber lucasensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Crotalus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | C. r. lucasensis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Crotalus ruber lucasensis Van Denburgh, 1920 | |
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Description
Similarly to C. r. ruber, adult specimens commonly exceed 100 centimetres (39 in) in length. Both of these subspecies can be identified by having prenasals that are usually in contact with the first pair of supralabials, an absence of interchinshields, and by having tail rings that are either complete, or broken at the midline, but usually not laterally.[5]: 579 However, this subspecies in particular exhibits a tendency for rattle loss.[5]: 491
Geographic range
Found in Mexico in the cape region of lower Baja California. The type locality given is "Agua Caliente, Cape Region of Lower [Baja] California, Mexico."[1]
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