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Queretaran Dusky Rattlesnake

Crotalus aquilus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 10, February 5, March 20, April 24, May 31, June 53, July 60, August 62, September 36, October 54, November 23, December 11.
Mexico389
Hidalgo103
Guanajuato76
Mexico59
Queretaro de Arteaga42
San Luis Potosi29
Michoacan de Ocampo19
Aguascalientes8
Jalisco5
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave3

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Practical

  • VenomousProduces venom for defense or huntingChecked by the maintainer

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyVipers · Viperidae
GenusRattlesnakes · Crotalus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Queretaran Dusky Rattlesnake with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.