Biological and Medical Aspects Related to South American Rattlesnake Crotalus durissus (Linnaeus, 1758): A View from Colombia

CA Cañas - Toxins, 2022 - mdpi.com
In Colombia, South America, there is a subspecies of the South American rattlesnake
Crotalus durissus, C. d. cumanensis, a snake of the Viperidae family, whose presence has …

[HTML][HTML] Global change explains the neotropical rattlesnake Crotalus durissus (Serpentes: Viperidae) range expansion in South America

GFC Guerra, MM Vale, R Tardin… - Perspectives in Ecology …, 2023 - Elsevier
The neotropical rattlesnake Crotalus durissus occurs in South America, where it is generally
associated to open areas in the dry diagonal of the continent, composed of xeric and …

Reproduction in the pitviper Bothrops jararacussu: large females increase their reproductive output while small males increase their potential to mate

KMP Silva, HB Braz, KN Kasperoviczus, OAV Marques… - Zoology, 2020 - Elsevier
Reproductive traits vary widely within and among snake species, and are influenced by a
range of factors. However, additional studies are needed on several species, especially on …

[HTML][HTML] Composition and natural history notes of the coastal snake assemblage from Northern Bahia, Brazil

R Marques, K Mebert, É Fonseca, D Rödder, M Solé… - ZooKeys, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Information about the snake diversity and their natural history from the Atlantic forest
domain in Brazil refer mostly to inland forests than to coastal region. Within the state of …

[HTML][HTML] Rattlesnakes bites in the Brazilian Amazon: Clinical epidemiology, spatial distribution and ecological determinants

HLR Santos, JD de Brito Sousa, JA Alcântara… - Acta tropica, 2019 - Elsevier
Crotalus bites are considered a public health problem especially in Latin America. This
study was performed to describe the epidemiology, spatial distribution and environmental …

Natural History and Morphology of Crotalus ehecatl (Serpentes: Viperidae)

RA Carbajal-Márquez, JJ Sigala-Rodríguez… - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Tehuantepec Isthmus rattlesnake (Crotalus ehecatl) is a poorly known species endemic
to Mexico. We describe its diet, morphological variation, life history traits and activity patterns …

Diet and feeding ecology of Crotalus tzabcan (Serpentes: Viperidae)

RA Carbajal-Márquez, JR Cedeño-Vázquez… - South American Journal …, 2020 - BioOne
The Tzabcan rattlesnake (Crotalus tzabcan) is endemic to the Yucatán Peninsula and is part
of the C. durissus complex. Although relatively widespread, it is rather an uncommon …

Seasonality in Crotalus durissus venom

LJ Tasima, EOV de Lima, DM Hatakeyama… - Toxicon, 2024 - Elsevier
Rattlesnakes belonging to the genus Crotalus are widely distributed throughout the
Americas. In Brazil, symptoms commonly associated with envenomation by Crotalus …

[HTML][HTML] Reproductive biology of Thamnodynastes hypoconia (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) in Brazilian subtemperate wetlands

MM Rebelato, GMF Pontes, AM Tozetti - Anais da Academia …, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
This study aimed to describe the reproductive biology of populations of Thamnodynastes
hypoconia in subtemperate wetlands based on macroscopic analyses of their gonads. We …

Evolutionary dynamics of climatic niche influenced the current geographical distribution of Viperidae (Reptilia: Squamata) worldwide

CE Esparza-Estrada, LC Terribile… - Biological Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
An understanding of patterns of climatic niche evolution has important implications for
ecological and evolutionary theory and conservation planning. However, despite …