Crotalus ravus

Crotalus ravus

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 ravus

Name

Crotalus ravus Cope, 1865: 191

• Syntypes: USNM 25050-1, collected by C. Sartorius in 1863.
• Type locality: “Tableland of Mexico”.

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1865. Third contribution to the herpetology of tropical America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 17: 185–198. BHL

Additional references

• Bryson, R.W., Jr., Linkem, C.W., Dorcas, M.E., Lathrop, A., Jones, J.M., Alvarado-Díaz, J., Grünwald, C.I. & Murphy, R.W. 2014. Multilocus species delimitation in the Crotalus triseriatus species group (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae), with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 3826(3): 475–496. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3826.3.3 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Crotalus ravus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 July 2020.
• Canseco-Márquez, L. & Mendoza-Quijano, F. 2007. IUCN: Crotalus ravus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64330A12771045. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64330A12771045.en

Vernacular names

English: Mexican Pygmy Rattlesnake
español: Cascabel Pigmea Mexicana