Small-Headed Rattlesnake - Crotalus intermedius
( Troschel, 1865 )

 

 



Subspecies: Unknown
Est. World Population:

CITES Status: Not Listed
IUCN Status: Least Concern
U.S. ESA Status: Not Listed

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Life Span: in the Wild
Life Span: in Captivity

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Habitat:
This species prefers the pine-oak forest, however it can also be found in cloud forests in guerrero and even in desert areas in Puebla and Hidalgo. It can also be found in secondary forest.

Range:
This species shows a disjunct distribution with populations in the north grouped from southern Hidalgo, northern Puebla and Tlaxcala to adjacent western Veracruz, and in the south from southern Puebla to central and southern Oaxaca. Another population occurs in north-central Guerrero. It also occurs in Sierra Madre del Sur in Oaxaca. It ranges from 2,000 to 3,000 m asl.

Conservation:
The species occurs in protected areas within its range.

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