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- Crotalus_simus abstract "Common names: Middle American rattlesnake, Central American rattlesnake, tzabcan (local name for subspecies C. s. tzabcan)Crotalus simus is a venomous pit viper species found in Mexico and Central America. The specific epithet is Latin for "flat-nosed", likely because its head is blunt compared with lanceheads (Bothrops). Three subspecies are recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.Adults commonly exceed 130 cm (51 in) in length, with males growing larger than females. Large males reach 140-160 cm (55-63 in) in some populations. The maximum length is 180 cm (71 in).The body has a rough appearance because the dorsal scale keels are accentuated into protuberances or tuberculations. This is most apparent on the scale rows on either side of the body with a decreasing intensity in the lower rows. The vertebral scales are about as prominently keeled as the fourth row down on the flanks (with the vertebral scales as the first row).This species is found from Mexico in southwestern Michoacán on the Pacific coast, and Veracruz and the Yucatan Peninsula on the Atlantic coast, south through Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua to west-central Costa Rica. It is absent from Panama, but apparently does occur on the Atlantic side of Colombia. The type locality given is "Ceylan", which is incorrect. Its habitats are semiarid, including dry or very dry tropical forests, thorn woodland, and arid scrub forest. It also occurs in mesic forests with relatively dry, open areas.To the Mayans and their living descendants, the Yucatan subspecies (C. s. tzabcan) was greatly revered. The word tzabcan means rattlesnake in Mayan. What the rattlesnake actually symbolizes is unknown, but many temples have carved rattlesnake shapes. Shamans also dry and roast snakes, grinding them into a powder used as medicine.[citation needed]Bites are similar to rattlesnake bites in the United States. Local symptoms may be severe, with pain, massive swelling, blistering, and necrosis that lead to fasciotomies and in some cases amputations. Systemic effects involving hemostatic disturbances are rare, as are renal failure and neurotoxicity. Only venom from neonates contains crotoxin; a constituent typically found in C. durissus venom that produces neurotoxic symptoms.".
- Crotalus_simus binomialAuthority Pierre_Andr%C3%A9_Latreille.
- Crotalus_simus class Reptile.
- Crotalus_simus family Pit_viper.
- Crotalus_simus family Viperidae.
- Crotalus_simus genus Crotalus.
- Crotalus_simus kingdom Animal.
- Crotalus_simus order Snake.
- Crotalus_simus order Squamata.
- Crotalus_simus phylum Chordate.
- Crotalus_simus phylum Vertebrate.
- Crotalus_simus synonym "– Amaral, 1937".
- Crotalus_simus synonym "– Juliá-Zertuche & Treviño-Saldaña, 1978 (nomen nudum)".
- Crotalus_simus synonym "– Klauber, 1936".
- Crotalus_simus synonym "* C[rotalus] terrificus copeanus".
- Crotalus_simus synonym "* C[rotalus]. terrificus – Cope In Yarrow In Wheeler, 1875".
- Crotalus_simus synonym "* Caudisona durissa – Cope, 1861".
- Crotalus_simus synonym "* Crotalus (Crotalus) durissus durissus – J. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970".
- Crotalus_simus synonym "* Crotalus durissus durissus".
- Crotalus_simus synonym "* Crotalus durissus neoleonensis".
- Crotalus_simus synonym "* Crotalus simus Latreille In Sonnini & Latreille, 1801".
- Crotalus_simus synonym "*Crotalus simus – Porras & Solarzano, 2006".
- Crotalus_simus synonym "*Crotalus simus – Quijada-Mascareñas & Wüster, 2006".
- Crotalus_simus thumbnail Yucatan_Neotropical_Rattlesnake_045.jpg?width=300.
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- Crotalus_simus binomial "Crotalus simus".
- Crotalus_simus binomialAuthority "Latreille In Sonnini & Latreille, 1801".
- Crotalus_simus classis Reptile.
- Crotalus_simus familia Viperidae.
- Crotalus_simus genus "Crotalus".
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- Crotalus_simus imageCaption Crotalus_simus_tzabcan.
- Crotalus_simus name "Crotalus simus".
- Crotalus_simus ordo Squamata.
- Crotalus_simus phylum Chordate.
- Crotalus_simus regnum Animal.
- Crotalus_simus species "C. simus".
- Crotalus_simus subfamilia Pit_viper.
- Crotalus_simus subordo Snake.
- Crotalus_simus subphylum Vertebrate.
- Crotalus_simus synonyms "– Amaral, 1937 * Crotalus durissus durissus – J. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970 * Crotalus durissus neoleonensis".
- Crotalus_simus synonyms "– Juliá-Zertuche & Treviño-Saldaña, 1978 *Crotalus simus – Porras & Solarzano, 2006 *Crotalus simus – Quijada-Mascareñas & Wüster, 2006".
- Crotalus_simus synonyms "– Klauber, 1936 * C[rotalus] terrificus copeanus".
- Crotalus_simus synonyms "* Crotalus simus Latreille In Sonnini & Latreille, 1801 * Caudisona durissa – Cope, 1861 * C[rotalus]. terrificus – Cope In Yarrow In Wheeler, 1875 * Crotalus durissus durissus".
- Crotalus_simus subject Category:Crotalus.
- Crotalus_simus subject Category:Reptiles_of_Guatemala.
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- Crotalus_simus type ReptilesOfGuatemala.
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- Crotalus_simus comment "Common names: Middle American rattlesnake, Central American rattlesnake, tzabcan (local name for subspecies C. s. tzabcan)Crotalus simus is a venomous pit viper species found in Mexico and Central America. The specific epithet is Latin for "flat-nosed", likely because its head is blunt compared with lanceheads (Bothrops). Three subspecies are recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.Adults commonly exceed 130 cm (51 in) in length, with males growing larger than females.".
- Crotalus_simus label "Crotalus simus".
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- Crotalus_simus depiction Yucatan_Neotropical_Rattlesnake_045.jpg.
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