Crotalus adamanteus

Taxonavigation edit

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 adamanteus

Name edit

Crotalus adamanteus Palisot de Beauvois, 1799: 368

Type material: not designated. [lost fide Gillispie (1992: 40)]
Type locality: “United States ... inhabitants of the south”, restricted to “Charleston, South Carolina” by Schmidt (1953: 230).

References edit

Primary references edit

Palisot de Beauvois, M. 1799. Memoir on Amphibia. Serpents. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 4: 362–381. BHL Reference page.

Links edit

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Crotalus adamanteus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 July 2020.
Hammerson, G.A. 2007. IUCN: Crotalus adamanteus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64308A12762249. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64308A12762249.en

Vernacular names edit

English: Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
español: Cascabel de Diamantes Oriental
suomi: Floridankalkkarokäärme
magyar: Gyémánt csörgőkígyó
Türkçe: Doğulu elmas sırtlı

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