| systemic infection with a yeast-like organism in captive banded rock rattlesnakes (crotalus lepidus klauberi). | three captive banded rock rattlesnakes (crotalus lepidus klauberi) died at taronga zoo, sydney, australia, between 1984 and 1987 with similar lesions in each case. grossly, the liver and kidneys had multiple grey, fleshy nodules replacing much of the parenchyma. histologically, these lesions were massive accumulations of yeast-like organisms, located mainly within macrophages in capillaries and sinusoids. there was little other inflammatory reaction. organisms also were seen in the muscle and ad ... | 1993 | 8445777 |
| comparison of venom composition and biological activities of the subspecies crotalus lepidus lepidus, crotalus lepidus klauberi and crotalus lepidus morulus from mexico. | the rock rattlesnakes crotalus lepidus comprise a group (lepidus, klauberi, morulus and maculosus) of poorly known mountain cold-tolerant snakes in mexico. in particular, crotalus lepidus morulus is a snake endemic of the northeast of mexico, whereas crotalus lepidus klauberi and c. l. lepidus are distributed in some regions of the north and central mexico and southern u. s. until now very little data are available from c. lepidus subspecies from mexico, as the terrain inhabited by these snakes ... | 2013 | 23732126 |
| abbreviata terrapenis (nematoda: physalopteridae): an accidental parasite of the banded rock rattlesnake (crotalus lepidus klauberi). | the nematode, abbreviata terrapenis (physalopteridae) was found in 16 (6%) of 267 banded rock rattlesnakes (crotalus lepidus klauberi) from arizona and new mexico. abbreviata terrapenis in c. lepidus represents an accidental parasite in that "infection" was acquired by the ingestion of lizard prey. feeding captive snakes on wild-caught lizards poses a risk of introducing nematodes to the snakes. | 2002 | 12038148 |