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The Great basin rattlesnake was first formally named by Laurence Monroe Klauber in 1930 as a subspecies of Crotalus confluentus (now known as Crotalus viridis). [5] It is commonly considered a subspecies of Crotalus oreganus. [6] [4] The type locality is "10 miles northwest of Abraham on the Road to Joy, Millard County, Utah." [1]
Crotalus oreganus abyssus is a venomous pit viper subspecies [3] ... (Crotalus lutosus) as Crotalus lutosus abyssus, in the Annotated Checklist of the Rattlesnakes ...
Crotalus oreganus, commonly known as the Western rattlesnake or northern Pacific rattlesnake, [4] [5] is a venomous pit viper species found in western North America from the Baja California Peninsula to the southern interior of British Columbia.
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.
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 ...
Crotalus is a genus of pit vipers, ... C. lutosus (Klauber, 1930) 0 Great Basin rattlesnake ... C. oreganus: Holbrook, 1840 0
The scientific name Crotalus is derived from the Greek κρόταλον, meaning "castanet". [5] The name Sistrurus is the Latinized form of the Greek word for "tail rattler" (Σείστρουρος, seistrouros ) and shares its root with the ancient Egyptian musical instrument the sistrum , a type of rattle.
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 .