Crotalus lepidus

Crotalus lepidus

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

Name

• Crotalus lepidus (Kennicott, 1861)

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

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

References

Primary references

• 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. [1883] 1884. Notes on the geographical distribution of Batrachia and Reptilia in western North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 35: 10–35. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Crotalus lepidus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 May 2018.
• Hammerson, G.A., Frost, D.R. & Santos-Barrera, G. 2007. IUCN: Crotalus lepidus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64321A12767398. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64321A12767398.en

Vernacular names

English: Rock Rattlesnake

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