Snake ID

[havoc_vulture]

My cousin lives in another country and this unfortunate little guy crossed their path and her husband killed it l. Nice color pattern. Wondered what it was?

[CrotalusR#1]

Where in what country??

[havoc_vulture]

El Salvador

[FWK]

I'd like to see a better image but it looks to be a Crotalus durissus, usually called a South American Rattlesnake or Neotropical Rattlesnake. Could you upload the picture to a photo hosting site like Photobucket and link it?

[havoc_vulture]

FB_IMG_1437859047832.jpg Photo by HAVOC_VULTURE1349 | Photobucket (http://s1193.photobucket.com/user/HAVOC_VULTURE1349/media-full/Mobile%20Uploads/FB_IMG_1437859047832.jpg.html)

Here you go FWK

[FWK]

Oh yeah, definitely a Neotropical. Looks like somebody got a rattle for a souvenir.

[havoc_vulture]

Thanks man appreciate your response

[CrotalusR#1]

It's simus

[FWK]

It's simus

Right, C. durissus was split into three species with this paper (http://filogeografia.dna.ac/PDFs/Wuester%26l_05_C_durissus.pdf) in 2004, the the animals found in Central America being reclassified as C. simus. Thank you for the correction.