Abstract

VILLALOBOS-JUAREZ, Iván et al. Beyond Myths: Rediscovery of the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotalus atrox (Baird & Girard, 1853) in the Mexican State of Oaxaca After a Span of 79 Years. Rev. latinoam. herpetol. [online]. 2023, vol.6, n.1, e625.  Epub Aug 31, 2023. ISSN 2594-2158.  https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2023.01.625.

We rediscovered and confirmed, after a span of 79 years, the presence of the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotalus atrox in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The record is based on six specimens found in an anthropized environment within the Base Aérea Militar II, located in Ciudad Ixtepec, in the municipality of Asunción Ixtaltepec within the Isthmus of Tehuantepec region.

Keywords : Rediscovery; Crotalus atrox; Oaxaca; anthropized environments; Isthmus of Tehuantepec.