Crotalus culminatus

Crotalus culminatus

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 culminatus

Name edit

Crotalus culminatus Klauber, 1952

  • Holotype: FMNH 126616 (formerly EHT-HMS 5224), juvenile ♀, collected by E.H. Taylor and H.M. Smith in 1936.
  • Type locality: “El Sabino near Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico”.

Combinations edit

  • Crotalus durissus culminatus Klauber, 1952: 65 [original combination, as subspecies]
  • Crotalus culminatus Wüster et al., 2005: 1103 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

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Vernacular names edit

English: Northwestern Neotropical Rattlesnake
español: Cascabel Tropical del Pacífico
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