Crotalus molossus

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

Crotalus molossus Baird & Girard, 1853: 10

Holotype: USNM 485, ♂, collected by J.H. Clark [U.S.-Mexican Boundary Survey] between 1850–1852, via J.D. Graham.
Type locality: “Fort Webster, St. Rita del Cobre, N. Mex. [=New Mexico]”.

Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1853. Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part 1.–Serpents. Smithsonian Institution: Washington. xvi + 172 pp. BHL Reference page.

Anderson, C.G. & Greenbaum, E. 2012. Phylogeography of Northern Populations of the Black-Tailed Rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus Baird and Girard, 1853), With the Revalidation of C. ornatus Hallowell, 1854. Herpetological Monographs 26(1): 19–57. DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-11-00012.1 Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Crotalus molossus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 June 2020.
Hammerson, G.A., Vazquez Díaz, J. & Quintero Díaz, G.E. 2007. IUCN: Crotalus molossus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64324A12768461. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64324A12768461.en

English: Black-tailed Rattlesnake
español: Cascabel de cola negra

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