Crotalus ericsmithi, commonly known as the Guerreran long-tailed rattlesnake, is a species of venomous snake of the family Viperidae. The species is indigenous to southeastern Mexico.
Etymology The specific name, ericsmithi, is in honor of American herpetologist Eric N. Smith.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Crotalus ericsmithi, p. 85).
Geographic range C. ericsmithi is endemic to the Mexican state of Guerrero.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of C. ericsmithi is tropical oak and pine forests at altitudes of .Jadin RC, Reyes Velasco J, Smith EN (2010). "Hemipenes of the long-tailed rattlesnakes (Serpentes: Viperidae) from Mexico". Phyllomedusa 9 (1): 69–73.
Distinguishing characteristics Compared to most other rattlesnakes, C. ericsmithi has an unusually long tail with a very small rattle.
Reproduction C. ericsmithi is ovoviviparous.
References
Further reading Campbell JA, Flores-Villela O (2008). "A New Long-Tailed Rattlesnake (Viperidae) from Guerrero, Mexico". Herpetologica 64 (2): 246–257. (Crotalus ericsmithi, new species). Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. . Palacios-Aguilar R, Flores-Villela O (2018). "An updated checklist of the herpetofauna from Guerrero, Mexico". Zootaxa 4422: 1–24. Reyes-Velasco J, Meik JM, Smith EN, Castoe TA (2013). "Phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic longtailed [sic] rattlesnakes (Crotalus ericsmithi, C. lannomi, and C. stejnegeri)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69 (3): 524–534.