Ángel de la guarda island speckled rattlesnake
Crotalus angelensis, or the Ángel de la Guarda Island speckled rattlesnake, is a venomous pitviper species endemic to Isla Ángel de la Guarda in the Gulf of California, Mexico. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Crotalus mitchellii.
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starts withGrows to a maximum size of 137 centimetres (4 ft 6 in).
Found only on Isla Ángel de la Guarda in the Gulf of California, Mexico. The type locality given is "about 4 miles southeast of Refugio Bay, at 1,500 feet elevation, Isla Ángel de la Guarda, Gulf of California, Mexico (near 29°29½'N, 113°33'W)".
Gravelly beaches along the shore; rocky arroyos, washes, and on the hillsides of the island's interior, from sea-level up to 500 m.