Crotalus scutulatus

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

Holotype: ANSP 7069 (formerly USNM 5027b).

Type locality: unknown; designated to “Fort Buchanan, (Tucson) Arizona” by Cope (1900: 1160).

Kennicott, R. 1861. On three new forms of rattlesnakes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 206–208. BHL Reference page.
Cope, E.D. 1875. Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia, with a systematic list of the higher groups, and an essay on Geographic distribution: Serpentes: Based on the specimens in the U.S. National Museum. Government Printing Office: Washington. 104 pp.
Cope, E.D. 1900. The crocodilians, lizards, and snakes of North America. Report of the United States National Museum 1898: 153–1270 + 36 pls.

Gloyd, H.K. 1940. The rattlesnakes, genera Sistrurus and Crotalus. A study in zoogeography and evolution. Chicago Academy of Science, Special Publication 4: 270 pp. + 31 pls.
Cardwell, M.D., Gotte, S.W., Mcdiarmid, R.W., Gilmore, N. & Poindexter II, J.A. 2013. Type specimens of Crotalus scutulatus (Chordata: Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae) re-examined, with new evidence after more than a century of confusion. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 126(1): 11–16. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X-126.1.11 Reference page.
Watson, J.A., Spencer, C.L., Schield, D.R., Butler, I.B., Smith, L.L., Flores-Villela, O., Campbell, J.A., Mackessy, S.P., Castoe, T.A. & Meik, J.M. 2019. Geographic variation in morphology in the Mohave Rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus Kennicott 1861) (Serpentes: Viperidae): implications for species boundaries. Zootaxa 4683(1): 129–143. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4683.1.7 pdf Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Crotalus scutulatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 May 2018.
Mendoza-Quijano, F. & Hammerson, G.A. 2007. IUCN: Crotalus scutulatus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64332A12771270. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64332A12771270.en

English: Mohave Rattlesnake
Türkçe: Mohave çıngıraklı yılanı