Crotalus transversus

Crotalus transversus

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 transversus

Name

Crotalus transversus Taylor, 1944: 47

• Holotype: FMNH 100129 (formerly EHT-HMS 30001), collected by E. Powell in August 1942.
• Type locality: “about 55 km SW México (city), near Tres Marias (Tres Cumbres), Morelos, elevation about 10,000 ft.”

References

Primary references

• Taylor, E.H. 1944. Two New Species of Crotalid Snakes from Mexico. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 30, pt. 1(4): 47–56. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Flores-Villela, O. & Campbell, J.A. 2007. IUCN: Crotalus transversus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64337A12771695. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64337A12771695.en.

Vernacular names

English: Cross-banded Mountain Rattlesnake