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Crotalus scutulatus is known commonly as the Mohave Rattlesnake. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Other common English names include Mojave Rattlesnake [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and, referring specifically to the nominate (northern) subspecies: Northern Mohave Rattlesnake [ 4 ] and Mojave Green Rattlesnake, [ 7 ] [ 5 ] the latter name commonly shortened to the more colloquial ...
Timber rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus This is a list of all sure genera, species and subspecies of the subfamily Crotalinae, [1] otherwise referred to as crotalines, pit vipers, or pitvipers, and including rattlesnakes Crotalus and Sistrurus.
The generic name Crotalus is derived from the Greek word κρόταλον krótalοn, which means "rattle" or "castanet", and refers to the rattle on the end of the tail, which makes this group (genera Crotalus and Sistrurus) so distinctive. [3] As of July 2023, 44 [4] to 53 [5] species are recognized as valid.
This is a checklist of American reptiles found in Northern America, based primarily on publications by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). [1] [2] [3] It includes all species of Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States including recently introduced species such as chameleons, the Nile monitor, and the Burmese python.
Crotalus scutulatus salvini, commonly known as the Huamantlan rattlesnake, [2] is a venomous pit viper, currently classified as a subspecies [3] of C. scutulatus that is found in mainland Mexico, at the southern end of the distribution of C. scutulatus. [4] [5] [6] The subspecific epithet honors the nineteenth century British naturalist Osbert ...
Rock rattlesnake (Crotalus lepidus) Speckled rattlesnake (Crotalus mitchellii) Black-tailed rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus) Western rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus) Mohave rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus) Tiger rattlesnake (Crotalus tigris) Prairie rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis) Ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi) Western massasauga ...
The type genus for this subfamily is Crotalus, of which the type species is the timber rattlesnake, C. horridus. [ citation needed ] These snakes range in size from the diminutive hump-nosed viper, Hypnale hypnale , that grows to a typical total length (including tail) of only 30–45 cm (12–18 in), to the bushmaster, Lachesis muta , a ...
C. California red-sided garter snake; Cape gopher snake; Carphophis amoenus; Cemophora coccinea; Cerrophidion sasai; Cerrophidion tzotzilorum; Cerrophidion wilsoni