Crotalus lepidus

Taxonavigation

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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 lepidus
Subspecies (3): C. l. klauberi – C. l. lepidus – C. l. maculosus

Name

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Syntypes (2): ANSP two heads. [lost fide Stejneger (1895: 458)]

Type locality: “Presidio del Norte and Eagle Pass”, restricted to “Presidio (del Norte), Presidio County, Texas” by Smith & Taylor (1950: 362).

Combinations

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  • Caudisona lepida Kennicott, 1861: 206 [original combination]
  • Crotalus lepidusCope, 1884: 13 [subsequent combination]

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: Rock Rattlesnake
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