South American rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus terrificus)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Suborder:
Serpentes
Family:
Viperidae
Genus:
Crotalus
Species:
C. durissus
Binomial name
Crotalus durissus
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Crotalus Dryinas Linnaeus, 1758
[Crotalus] Durissus – Linnaeus, 1758
Caudisona orientalis – Laurenti, 1768
Caudisona Gronovii – Laurenti, 1768
Crotalus orientalis – Gmelin, 1788
Crotalus strepitans var. dryinas – Daudin, 1803
[Urocrotalon] durissus – Fitzinger, 1843
Uropsophus durissus – Gray, 1849
Crotalus durissus – Boulenger, 1896
Crotalus pulvis – Ditmars, 1905
[Crotalus] terrificus durissus – Amaral, 1929
Crotalus terrificus durissus – Amaral, 1929
[Crotalus] Gronovii – Klauber, 1936
Crotalus durissus dryinus – Hoge, 1966
Crotalus (Crotalus) durissus dryinus – J. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970[2][3]
Crotalus durissus, known as the South American rattlesnake,[2]tropical rattlesnake,[4] and by other names, is a highly venomous pit viper species found in South America. It is the most widely distributed member of its genus.[2] Currently, seven subspecies are recognized.[5]
^Martins, M. & Lamar (June 30, 2009). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Crotalus durissus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
^ abcJonathan A. Campbell; William W. Lamar; Edmund D. Brodie (2004). The venomous reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. Comstock Pub. Associates. p. 1500. ISBN 978-0-8014-4141-7.
^Roy W. MacDiarmid (1999). Snake Species of the World. Herpetologists' League. ISBN 978-1-893777-00-2.
^Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X
^"Crotalus durissus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 November 2007.
for C. d. durissus. In fact, after the previous nominate subspecies for the C. d. durissus complex became the current nominate for Crotalus simus, which...
of Venezuela. It is sometimes still classified as a subspecies of Crotalusdurissus. Moderately sized, this species attains an adult length of approximately...
Crotalusdurissus neoleonensis (a taxonomic synonym) may refer to: Crotalus simus, a.k.a. the Middle American rattlesnake, a venomous pitviper species...
considered to be a subspecies of C. durissus, until it was elevated to a full species by Campbell and Lamar (2004): Crotalus totonacus. Ponce-Campos, P.; García...
(Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalusdurissus). Molecular Ecology 14(4): 1095–1108. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Crotalus simus. Wikispecies has...
to crotamine, a myotoxin also found in tropical rattlesnakes (see Crotalusdurissus). The venom has low but significant protease activity, although there...
has lost its rattle entirely, Crotalus lorenzoensis usually has no rattle, and both Crotalus ruber lucasensis and Crotalus estebanensis exhibit a tendency...
previously considered a subspecies of C. durissus. Marquez, L.C.; Mendoza-Quijano, F.; Díaz, G.Q.E. (2021). "Crotalus totonacus". IUCN Red List of Threatened...
myotoxin to be identified and isolated was crotamine, from the venom of Crotalusdurissus terrificus, a tropical South American rattlesnake, by Brazilian scientist...
is a toxin present in the venom of the South American rattlesnake (Crotalusdurissus terrificus). It is a 42-residue long protein containing 11 basic residues...
examples: most vipers and many cobra species: The tropical rattlesnake Crotalusdurissus produces convulxin, a coagulant. Myotoxins are small, basic peptides...
thought to be a subspecies of Crotalusdurissus, until Wüster elevated it to species status in 2005. Acevedo, M (2014). "Crotalus tzabcan". IUCN Red List of...
toxic compound in the snake venom of the South American rattlesnake, Crotalusdurissus terrificus. Crotoxin is a heterodimeric beta-neurotoxin, composed...
ISBN 0-520-21056-5. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Crotalus vegrandis. Crotalus vegrandis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 August...
instance, Antivipmyn (Instituto Bioclon) is made from the venoms of Crotalusdurissus and Bothrops asper. Antivipmyn has been shown to cross neutralize...
Snakebites in Latin America). In Brazil, the South American rattlesnake (Crotalusdurissus) is responsible for some of the highest rates of untreated bites leading...
Wang, Tobias (2010). "The heart of the South American rattlesnake, Crotalusdurissus". Journal of Morphology. 271 (9): 1066–1077. doi:10.1002/jmor.10854...
exhibits annual or biannual reproduction. B. asper, together with Crotalusdurissus, is the leading cause of snakebite in Yucatán, Mexico. It is considered...
first monovalent and polyvalent antivenoms for Central and South American Crotalus and Bothrops genera, as well as for certain species of venomous spiders...
have been found to be completely ineffective in the treatment of Crotalusdurissus bites, but some positive results have been seen with properly applied...
"Solution structure of crotamine, a Na+ channel affecting toxin from Crotalusdurissus terrificus venom". Eur. J. Biochem. 270 (9). Franzoni, L.; de Chiara...
Convulxin is a snake venom toxin found in a tropical rattlesnake known as Crotalusdurissus terrificus. It belongs to the family of hemotoxins, which destroy...
horses immunized with the venom of the snakes Bothrops asper and Crotalusdurissus. The product is produced by pepsin digestion of horse blood plasma...
agents. It also contains myotoxins. The South American rattlesnake (Crotalusdurissus) has neurotoxins, myotoxins and coagulants. While that of Bushmaster...
is a species of alveolates known to infect snake species such as Crotalusdurissus terrificus (rattlesnake). O’Dwyer, Lucia Helena; Moço, Tatiana Cristina;...
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