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. 2011 Dec 2;6(12):e28554. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028554

Table 3. Example of climate fluctuations for Bloomington, IN and species' ranges.

Annual Mean Temp Min Temp of Coldest Month Max Temp of Warmest Month Temp Seasonality
Bloomington, IN
Present 11.5 −7.3 29.9 950
LGM −8.5 −29.1 11.6 910
120 kya 9.7 −22.8 38.4 1408
Species' Ranges
C. horridus 2.5 – 21.5 −17.9 – 6.9 21.0 – 35.9 562 – 1212
C. viridis −3.8 – 22.1 −22.6 – 5.6 15.7 – 38.0 543 – 1245
C. scutulatus 5.9 – 24.2 −9.6 – 14.7 14.9 – 43.2 106 – 949
C. enyo 15.2 – 23.9 3.4 – 12.3 25.8 – 37.1 336 – 502
C. molossus 5.9 – 28.2 −11.0 – 16.5 14.9 – 41.4 106 – 864
C. basiliscus 15.0 – 28.8 3.1 – 17.7 24.6 – 39.9 141 – 512
C. mitchellii 7.5 – 24.3 −6.7 – 12.3 25.4 – 42.2 336 – 913
C. tigris 15.0 – 25.7 −1.7 – 11.3 31.7 – 41.2 512 – 827
C. adamanteus 15.9 – 23.8 −0.8 – 13.7 31.5 – 33.8 332 – 776
C. atrox 6.7 – 27.6 −10.6 – 19.6 23.3 – 42.2 145 – 974
C. ruber 10.1 – 23.9 −3.6 – 12.3 25.8 – 38.9 336 – 740

Example of the variance of 4 bioclimatic variables for one 50 km point in the Midwest, Global ID #139912, (Bloomington, IN) and the range of these variables in the modern climate envelopes for 11 rattlesnake species.