Crotalus lepidus maculosus

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida 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 lepidus
Subspecies: Crotalus lepidus maculosus

Name

• Crotalus lepidus maculosus Tanner, Dixon & Harris, 1972: 16

Holotype: BYU 33328, adult ♂, collected by Richard T. Basey on 31 July 1970.

Type locality: “15 miles (24 km) west of La Ciudad, near Highway 40, Durango, Mexico.”

References

Primary references

• Tanner, W.W., Dixon, J.R. & Harris, Jr., H.S. 1972. A new subspecies of Crotalus lepidus from western Mexico. The Great Basin Naturalist 32(1): 16–24. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Crotalus lepidus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 May 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Durangan Rock Rattlesnake