Crotalus polystictus

Crotalus polystictus

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 Cladus: Sauropsida 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 polystictus

Name

Crotalus polystictus (Cope, 1865) [conserved name]

• Holotype: Unknown.
• Type locality: “Table Land, Mexico”.
• Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 366 (1955: 233).

Combinations

• Caudisona polysticta Cope, 1865: 191 [original combination]
• Crotalus polystictus — Cope, 1875 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1885. Twelfth contribution to the herpetology of tropical America. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 22: 167–194.
• International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature. 1955. Opinion 366. Suppression, under the Plenary Powers, of the specific name multimaculata Jan, 1863, as published in the combination Crotalus lugubris var. multimaculata, for the purpose of rendering the specific name polysticta Cope, 1865, as published in the combination Caudisona polysticta, the oldest available name for the Mexican Lance-Headed Rattlesnake (Class Reptilia, Order Squamata). pp. 231–244 In Hemming, F. (ed.). Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Volume 11. Part 16. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature: London. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Mendoza-Quijano, F. & Quintero Díaz, G. 2007. IUCN: Crotalus polystictus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64327A12769761. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64327A12769761.en. Accessed on 09 January 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Mexican Lance-headed Rattlesnake