Crotalus enyo

Baja Rattlesnake ( Crotalus enyo )

The Baja Rattlesnake ( Crotalus enyo ) is a species of rattlesnakes (Crotalus ), their distribution is limited to the Baja California peninsula and some of the offshore islands.

Features

The Baja rattlesnake is a small rattlesnake with an average body length of about 50 centimeters, but may be centimeters long in some cases up to 80. The snake has a comparatively small and narrow head and a relatively large tail rattle. The base color may vary in different shades of gray or brown, the eye-catching color pattern consists of reddish to yellowish brown, round spots, which are outlined in black. Are smaller and less distinct spots that are directly below the main spots on the flanks. About The eye shields are easily pulled up and so forms a slight ridge above the eyes, but this is not as pronounced as in the Sidewinder Rattlesnake (C. cerastes ).

Distribution and habitat

The distribution area of ​​Baja rattlesnake comprises nearly the entire Baja California in Mexico. In addition, the type found on some islands in the Gulf of California and on the islands of Santa Margarita and Magdalena off the Pacific coast of the peninsula.

As a habitat, the snake uses dry, rocky areas in the desert of Baja, where cacti and other succulents occur as vegetation.

Snake venom

No specific effects and ingredients of the poison of this snake are unknown.

System

Currently three subspecies of Baja Rattlesnake be distinguished:

• C e cerralvensis on the island Cerralvo
• C e enyo on the Baja California Peninsula south of El Rosario and on the islands of the Gulf of California and the offshore islands
• C e Furvus on the peninsula of Baja California north of El Rosario