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Common names: Hopi rattlesnake, [2] Arizona prairie rattlesnake, prairie rattlesnake. [3]Crotalus viridis nuntius is a venomous pit viper subspecies [4] native primarily to the desert plateau of the northeastern portion of the American state of Arizona, but also ranges into northwestern New Mexico.
Crotalus viridis nuntius Klauber, 1935, [3] the Hopi rattlesnake, inhabits the United States from northeastern and north-central Arizona, from the New Mexico border to Cataract Creek, including the Little Colorado River basin, the southern section of the Apache Indian Reservation, the Hopi Reservation, and the Coconino Plateau from the southern ...
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.
The prairie rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis viridis) is a venomous pitviper species native to the western United States, southwestern Canada, and northern Mexico. In Yellowstone, this is the only dangerously venomous snake in the park.
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 ...
Great Basin rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus lutosus or Crotalus lutosus) [254] Greater short-horned lizard / "Horny toad" (Phrynosoma hernandesi) [255] Hopi rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis nuntius) [256] Lesser earless lizard (Holbrookia maculata) [257] Long-nosed leopard lizard (Gambelia wislizenii) [258] Long-nosed snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei ...
This category contains articles for taxa belonging to the genus Crotalus - the rattlesnakes of the Americas. This listing is incomplete, but all are valid names according to the taxonomy currently available online through ITIS .