Crotalus armstrongi

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 armstrongi

Name

Crotalus armstrongi Campbell, 1979: 365

• Holotype: UTA R-6258, adult ♂, collected by J.A. Campbell and B.L. Armstrong on 23 July 1973.
• Type locality: “Rancho San Francisco, 1.5 mi NW Tapalpa, Jalisco, Mexico, elevation 2103 m”.
• Etymology: Named after Barry L. Armstrong.

Combinations

• Crotalus triseriatus armstrongi Campbell, 1979: 365 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Crotalus armstrongi — Reyes-Velasco, Meik, Smith & Castoe, 2013 [subsequent combination, by implication]
• Crotalus armstrongi — Bryson et al., 2014: 490 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

References

Primary references

• Campbell, J.A. [1978] 1979. A new rattlesnake (Reptilia, Serpentes, Viperidae) from Jalisco, Mexico. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 81(4): 365–370. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Reyes-Velasco, J., Meik, J.M., Smith, E.N. & Castoe, T.A. 2013. Phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic longtailed rattlesnakes (Crotalus ericsmithi, C. lannomi, and C. stejnegeri). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69(3): 524–534. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.07.025 Reference page. 
• 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 armstrongi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 March 2018.
• Crotalus armstrongi – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Mexican Dusky Rattlesnake
español: Cascabel de Jalisco