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Basilisk Rattlesnake

Crotalus basiliscus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 23, February 19, March 20, April 20, May 22, June 45, July 53, August 61, September 61, October 62, November 43, December 28.
Mexico457
Jalisco196
Sinaloa127
Nayarit56
Colima42
Sonora22
Michoacan de Ocampo10
Durango3
Zacatecas1

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

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