Genetic basis for variation of metalloproteinase-associated biochemical activity in venom of the Mojave rattlesnake (
Crotalus scutulatus).
Other reptile species in the study area include Gambelia wislizenii, Coleonyx brevis, Phrynosoma cornutum, Apsidoscelis marmorata, Uta stansburiana, Masticophis flagellum, Rhynochelius lecontei, Pituophis catenifer, Thamnophis marcianus, and
Crotalus scutulatus.
[21] SANCHEZ, E.E.; GALAN, J.A.; POWELL, R.L.; REYES, S.R.; SOTO, J.G.; RUSSELL, W.K.; RUSSELL D.H.; PEREZ, J.C.Disintegrin, hemorrhagic, and proteolytic activities of Mohave rattlesnake,
Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus venoms lacking Mojave toxin.Comp.
Reproduction in the Mojave rattlesnake,
Crotalus scutulatus (Serpentes: Viperidae).
Goldberg and Rosen (2000) reported that yearly percentages of gravid
Crotalus scutulatus appeared to be related to an increase in nutritional resources.
Oligacanthorhynchid cystacanths (Acanthocephala) in a long-nosed snake, Rhinocheilus lecontei lecontei (Colubridae) and a Mojave rattlesnake,
Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus (Viperidae) from Maricopa County, Arizona.
Confirmation of the presence of rattlesnake
Crotalus scutulatus for the State of Mexico, Mexico
Geographic diet variation of Mojave rattlesnake (
Crotalus scutulatus).
Goldberg & Rosen (2000) reported that yearly percentages of gravid
Crotalus scutulatus appeared related to food abundance.
This is in contrast to the western rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis, the western diamondback rattlesnake, Crotalus atrox, the Mojave rattlesnake,
Crotalus scutulatus and the tiger rattlesnake, Crotalus tigris in which the major period of spermiogenesis occurs in summer-autnumn (Aldridge 1979a, Jacob et al.
Palabras Clave: Crotalus, Crotalus aquilus, Crotalus atrox, Crotalus intermedius, Crotalus molossus,
Crotalus scutulatus, Crotalus totonacus, Crotalus triseriatus, rango de distribucion.
Crotalus scutulatus - extremely dangerous; most common in areas of scattered scrubby growth; from Mojave Desert to western Texas and into Mexico