Crotalus mitchellii

Crotalus mitchellii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Crotalus
Species: Crotalus mitchellii

Name

Crotalus mitchellii (Cope, 1861)

• Holotype: USNM 5291b, collected by John Xantus between 1859–1861. [lost fide Klauber (1956: 38)]
• Type locality: “Cape St. Lucas, Lower California [=Cape San Lucas, Baja California Sur]”, Mexico.

Combinations

• Caudisona mitchellii Cope, 1861: 293 [original combination]
• Crotalus mitchellii — Cope in Yarrow, 1875: 535 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1861. Contributions to the Ophiology of Lower California, Mexico and Central America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 292–306. BHL Reference page. 
• Yarrow, H.C. 1875. Report upon the collections of batrachians and reptiles made in portions of Nevada, Utah, California, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, during the years 1871, 1872, 1873. pp. 509-584. In Report upon geographical and geological surveys west of the one hundredth meridian. Volume 5.— Zoology. Government Printing Office: Washington. BHL

Additional references

• Meik, J.M., Streicher, J.W., Lawing, A.M., Flores-Villela, O. & Fujita, M.K. 2015. Limitations of Climatic Data for Inferring Species Boundaries: Insights from Speckled Rattlesnakes. PLoS One 10(6): e0131435. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131435 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Crotalus mitchellii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 May 2018.
• Frost, D.R., Hammerson, G.A. & Gadsden, H. 2007. IUCN: Crotalus mitchellii  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64323A12768039. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64323A12768039.en

Vernacular names

English: Speckled Rattlesnake
español: Cascabel Peninsular

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