BULLETIN OF THE MARYLAND HERPETOLOGICAL SocIETY Vovume 14 30 SeptemBer 1978 NumBer 3 A PRELIMINARY ACCOUNT OF THE RATTLESNAKES WITH THE DESCRIPTIONS OF FOUR NEW SUBSPECIES Herbert S. Harris, Jr. and Robert S. Simmons978 1S 5 te~ Or, 3c. Volume 14 Number 3 September 1978 Stetrurus ravus ravus (Cope) Mexican Plgmy Rattlesnake Figure 86, Map 31 1865. Crotalus ravus Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vol. 17, no. 4, p. 191. Type locality: tableland of Mexico; type specimens: USNM 25050-1. Type locality subsequently restricted to Totalco, Veracruz, by Smith andTaylor, 1950, Univ. Kans. ScI. Bull., vol. 33, part 2, no. 8, p. 351. 1896. Sistrurus ravus Boulenger, Cat. SnakesBrit. Mus.,vol. 3, p. 571. Sistrurus ravue brumneus' subsp. nov. Oaxacan Pigmy Rattlesnake Figure 87, Map 31 1972. Ststrurue ravue (Part) Klauber, Rattlesnakes, vol. 1, p. 57. Diagnois. — A moderately sized rattlesnake differing from both s.r. vavus and S. r. lutescens in being a reddish browncolor dorsally and in generally having ten rattle fringe scales (at least in males). Both S. P. ravus and 5. r. lutescene generally have eight rattle fringe scales. This subspecies is geographically separated from both S. r. ravue and S. ». Zutescens thus Its separation seems logical. Specimens. —Holotype: AMNH 102916, an adultmale collected 1.7 mi. E Ixtlan de Judrez (Vivero RanchoTeja), Oaxaca, Mexico inPine-oak wood- land, at an elevation of 7400 ft. by Boone Hallberg in June 1968. Para~ types: AMNH 65174-5, 89636-7, 93226-7, 100841-2, 102915, 104404, USNM 46555 and 46609. Description of the Type Specimens. — Holotype: 640 mm total length, 65 mm tail length, 25 scale rows at midbody, 148 ventrals, 30 subcaudals, 12/12 supralabials, 11/12 infralabials, anterior subocular contacts 4th and 5th supralabials, 4 scales inthe internasal prefrontal area, 38 body blotches, 7 tail bands and 10 rattle fringe scales. The following summary of the type specimens includes the holotype: Size, max. 640 mm, min. 187 mm. Scale rows 21-25 (mode 23) at midbody, 3 specimens have 21, 1 has 22, 8 have 23 and 1 has 25; ventrals, males 137-155 (mean 147.6); subcaudals, males 24-33 (mean 29.3), female 21; supralablals, males 11-12 (mean 11.6), female 10; infralabials, males 10-13: (mean 11.6), female 11; body blotches, males 33-42 (mean 36.1), Bulletin Maryland Herpetological Society Page 135female 30; tail length as percent of total length, males 10.1, female 9.6; rattle fringe scales 10 (males), the only female available to us had 8, Range. — Known only from the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. 7 WW Stetrurue ravus lutescens subsp. nov. Montane Pigmy Rattlesnake Figure 88, Map 31 1972. Stetrurus ravus (Part) Klauber, Rattlesnakes, vol. 1, p. 57. Diagnois. —A large Sistrurue ravue havinga brown togolden-brown dorsal coloration with darker brownblotches and a fairly uniform tan togolden- yellow venter. This ventral color extends up onto the labials. The labials are unpigmented with dark pigment, in contrast to S. 7. ravus which generally has dark stippling on the labials particularily at the sutures. It can further be separated from S. v. ravue in having the brown color dorsally instead of grey. The blotches of S. r. lutescens in general are less squarish than in S. r. ravue. From S. 7. brunneue, it can be separated by generally having fewer rattle fringe scales, 8 instead of 10. Type Specimens. —Holotype: UCM 9124, an adult male collected at Huitz- Tlac, Morelos, Mexico by T. Paul Maslin on 16 July 1956. Paratypes: UCH 9125, RS 831, 844, 853, 994, 1227, 1228 HSH/RSS (NHSM). Description of the Type Specimens. — Holotype: 664 mm total length, 63 mmetall length, 21 scale rons ar midbody, 186 ventrals, 31 subcaudals, 11/12 supralabials, 12/12 infralabials, anterior subocular contacts 4th and 5th supralabials, 4 scales in the internasal prefrontal area, 32 body blotches, 5 tail bands, and 8 rattle fringe scales. The following summary of the type specimens includes the holotype: Size, max. 759 mm, min. 286 mm. Scale rows generally 21 at midbody, 5 specimens have 21 rows, 3 specimens have 23 rows; ventrals, males 141- 146 (mean 143.3), females 141-148 (mean 144.3); subcaudals, males 27-31 (mean 29.0), females 21-28 (mean 25.0); supralabials 11-13 (mean 11.7); infralabials 9-12 (mean 11.1); body blotches 31-34 (mean 32.4); tail length as percent of total length,males 9.35, females 8.58; rattle fringe scales 8-9 (mode 8). The general dorsal coloration is brown to golden- brown with darker brown blotches dorsally; there are smaller secondary blotches laterally which are centered off the primary blotches. The supra- labials and venter are tan to golden-yellow; the supralabials lacking all darker stippling. Range. — Known only from the vicinity of Huitzilac, Morelos, Mexico at an elevation from about 2800-3000 meters. Page 136 Bulletin Maryland Herpetological Society Fig Fig Bull