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<journal-id>2594-2158</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista latinoamericana de herpetología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. latinoam. herpetol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2594-2158</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Herpetológica Mexicana A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2594-21582023000100008</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/fc.25942158e.2023.01.625</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Beyond Myths: Rediscovery of the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotalus atrox (Baird &amp; Girard, 1853) in the Mexican State of Oaxaca After a Span of 79 Years]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Más allá de los mitos: redescubrimiento de la serpiente de cascabel diamantada del oeste Crotalus atrox (Baird &amp; Girard, 1853) en el estado mexicano de Oaxaca después de un lapso de 79 años]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Villalobos-Juárez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Iván]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García-Padilla]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Elí]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ayala-Auyón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Javier]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mayoral-Halla]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[César]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aguilar-Terrazas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. Carmen]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Organización Los Hijos del Desierto  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Aguascalientes]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Biodiversidad Mesoamericana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Oaxaca de Juárez Oaxaca]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Base Aérea Militar No. 2 Gral. Div. P.A. Antonio Cárdenas Rodríguez  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad Ixtepec Oaxaca]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Biodiversidad de Oaxaca A.C.  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Oaxaca de Juárez Oaxaca]]></addr-line>
<country>68050</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>6</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2594-21582023000100008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2594-21582023000100008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2594-21582023000100008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract We rediscovered and confirmed, after a span of 79 years, the presence of the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotalus atrox in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The record is based on six specimens found in an anthropized environment within the Base Aérea Militar II, located in Ciudad Ixtepec, in the municipality of Asunción Ixtaltepec within the Isthmus of Tehuantepec region.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Redescubrimos y confirmamos, después de un lapso de 79 años, la presencia de la Víbora de cascabel diamantada del Oeste Crotalus atrox en el estado mexicano de Oaxaca. El registro es con base en seis ejemplares encontrados en un ambiente antropizado dentro de la Base Aérea Militar II ubicada en Ciudad Ixtepec, municipio de Asunción Ixtaltepec dentro de la región del Istmo de Tehuantepec.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Redescubrimiento]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Crotalus atrox]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Oaxaca]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ambientes antropizados]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Istmo de Tehuantepec]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Rediscovery]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Crotalus atrox]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Oaxaca]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[anthropized environments]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Isthmus of Tehuantepec]]></kwd>
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