Crotalus tigris

Crotalus tigris

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 tigris

Name

Crotalus tigris Kennicott in Baird, 1859: 14

• Holotype: USNM 471, collected by A.C.V. Schott [U.S.-Mex. Boundary Survey] between 1854–1855.
• Type locality: “Sierra Verde and Pozo Verde” [=Sierra del Pozo Verde], near Sasabe, Sonora, Mexico.

References

Primary references

• Baird, S.F. 1859. Reptiles of the boundary, with notes by the naturalists of the survey. in United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, under the orders of Lieut. Col. W.H. Emory, Major First Cavalry, and United States Commissioner. Volume 2, Part 1. Government Printing Office, Washington. 36 pp. + 41 pls. BHL

Additional references

• Meik, J.M., Streicher, J.W., Lawing, A.M., Flores-Villela, O. & Fujita, M.K. 2015. Limitations of Climatic Data for Inferring Species Boundaries: Insights from Speckled Rattlesnakes. PLoS One 10(6): e0131435. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131435 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Crotalus tigris. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 May 2018.
• Frost, D.R., Hammerson, G.A. & Gadsden, H. 2007. IUCN: Crotalus tigris  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64335A12771531. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64335A12771531.en

Vernacular names

English: Tiger Rattlesnake
español: Cascabel Tigre

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