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Uracoan Rattlesnake

Crotalus vegrandis

Potentially dangerous

Classification

Family
Viperidae

Crotalus vegrandis, or the Uracoan Rattlesnake, is a venomous pit viper that is endemic to Venezuela. Description Klauber (1997) gives two maximum lengths: 636 mm for the largest measured specimen, and 684 mm as the greatest value from a report believed to be reliable. Geographic range The species only occurs in its type locality of the Maturín Savannah, near the Uracoa Municipality, within the state of Monagas.

Distribution

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