Crotalus ornatus

Crotalus ornatus

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 Superclassis: 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

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Crotalus
Species: Crotalus ornatus

Name

Crotalus ornatus Hallowell, 1854: 192

• Holotype: USNM 486, adult ♀.
• Type locality: “near Pecos River, N. W. Texas”.

References

Additional references

• Anderson, C.G. & Greenbaum, E. 2012. Phylogeography of Northern Populations of the Black-Tailed Rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus Baird and Girard, 1853), With the Revalidation of C. ornatus Hallowell, 1854. Herpetological Monographs 26(1): 19–57. DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-11-00012.1 Reference page. 
• Davis, D.R. & LaDuc, T.J. 2018. Amphibians and reptiles of C. E. Miller Ranch and the Sierra Vieja, Chihuahuan Desert, Texas, USA. ZooKeys 735: 97–130. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.735.22200. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Crotalus ornatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 January 2020.

Vernacular names

• English: Black-tailed Rattlesnake

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