Crotalus estebanensis

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 estebanensis

Name

Crotalus estebanensis Klauber, 1949

• Holotype: SDNHM 26792 (formerly LMK 26792), adult ♀, collected by an expedition under Capt. G. Allan Hancock, and preserved in 17 April 1937.
• Type locality: “San Estéban Island, Gulf of California, Mexico”.

Combinations

• Crotalus molossus estebanensis Klauber, 1949: 104 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Crotalus estebanensis — Grismer, 1999: 462 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

References

Primary references

• Klauber, L.M. 1949. Some new and revived subspecies of rattlesnakes. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 11(6): 61–116. BHL
• Grismer, L.L. 1999. An Evolutionary Classification of Reptiles on Islands in the Gulf of California, México. Herpetologica 55(4): 446–469. JSTOR Reference page. 

Additional references

• Grismer, L.L. 2002. Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California, Including Its Pacific Islands and the Islands in the Sea of Cortés. University of California Press: Berkeley, California. 413 pp. ISBN 9780520925205 Reference page. 
• Campbell, J.A. & Lamar, W.W. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 Volumes. Cornell University Press: Ithaca, New York. 1032 pp. ISBN 9780801441417 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Crotalus estebanensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 July 2020.
• Frost, D.R. 2007. IUCN: Crotalus estebanensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64317A12765597. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64317A12765597.en

Vernacular names

English: San Esteban Island Rattlesnake
español: Cascabel de la Isla San Estéban

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