Crotalus enyo

Crotalus enyo

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 enyo
Subspecies (3): C. e. cerralvensis – C. e. enyo – C. e. furvus

Name

• Crotalus enyo (Cope, 1861)

Lectotype: ANSP 7159, ♂. [designated by Klauber (1956: 34)]

Type locality: “Lower California”, restricted to “Cape San Lucas, Baja California”, Mexico, by Klauber (1956: 34).

Combinations

• Caudisona enyo Cope, 1861: 293 [original combination]
• Crotalus enyo — Cope, 1875: 33 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1861. Contributions to the Ophiology of Lower California, Mexico and Central America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 292–306. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1875. Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia, with a systematic list of the higher groups, and an essay on Geographic distribution: Serpentes: Based on the specimens in the U.S. National Museum. Government Printing Office: Washington. 104 pp. BHL
• Klauber, L.M. 1956. Rattlesnakes: their habits, life histories and influence on mankind. 2 volumes. University of California Press: Berkeley. 1476 pp.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Crotalus enyo. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 May 2018.
• Hollingsworth, B. & Frost, D.R. 2007. IUCN: Crotalus enyo  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64316A12765256. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64316A12765256.en

Vernacular names

English: Baja California Rattlesnake

For more multimedia, look at Crotalus enyo on Wikimedia Commons.