Crotalus cerberus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Crotalus cerberus (Coues, 1875)

Syntypes (4): ANSP 7085 (formerly EC 509), skin of ♂, ANSP 7086 (formerly EC 510), ANSP 7087 (formerly EC 672), and ANSP 7088 (formerly EC 511), a head and neck, collected by E. Coues in July 1864.
Type locality: “San Francisco Mountains”, Coconino County, Arizona.

Caudisona lucifer var. cerberus Coues, 1875: 607 [original combination, as subspecies]
Crotalus oregonus var. cerberus — Garman, 1883: 137 [subsequent combination, as subspecies]
Crotalus viridis cerberus — Klauber, 1949: 83 [subsequent combination, as subspecies]
Crotalus cerberus — Doulgas, Douglas, Schuett, Porras & Holycross, 2002: 39 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Coues, E. 1875. Synopsis of the Reptiles and Batrachians of Arizona; with critical and field notes, and an extensive synonymy. Chapter IV. pp. 509-633 In Wheeler, G.M. (Ed.). Reports upon the Collections Obtained from Portions of Nevada, Utah, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, during the Report upon Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian. Volume V. Zoology. Government Printing Office: Washington. BHL

Campbell, J.A. & Lamar, W.W. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 Volumes. Cornell University Press: Ithaca, New York. 1032 pp. ISBN 9780801441417 Reference page.