Crotalus cerberus

Crotalus cerberus

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 cerberus

Name

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.

Combinations

• 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]

References

Primary references

• 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

Additional references

• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Crotalus cerberus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 July 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Arizona Black Rattlesnake
español: Cascabel Negra de Arizona