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Texas ‘Crotalus Lupinus,’ Story, Now know as the April Fools Legendary Myth.

Local News Headline: Beware of the Bluebonnet Rattlesnake

By Texas Hill Country | March 8, 2016
On Saturday morning, the Texas Identification and Taxonomy Association tweeted that several members were en route to Bend, Texas after local game wardens were unable to identify an “unusual organism ” – a bluebonnet rattlesnake.

On Monday morning, TITA confirmed that the animal was “a previously unknown species of snake” and released several images and a description of the animal: Crotalus Lupinus (Texas Bonnet Rattlesnake). Dr. William Nye, founder of TITA and Professor of Biological Sciences at The University of Texas, released this statement after visiting Bend, Texas to inspect the snake over the weekend: “This weekend, we had the opportunity to observe a previously unknown specimen in Bend, Texas.”

bluebonnet rattlesnake, but here’s the important truth:

It’s not a real species name

Crotalus lupinus.

• Crotalus
• Crotalus atrox (Western Diamondback)

“lupinus” likely comes from:

• bluebonnets (lupine flowers)

“the rattlesnake of the bluebonnets”