Crotalus Linnaeus 1758 (rattlesnake)

Reptilia - Squamata - Crotalidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Crotalidae according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1875, Hay 1902, Holman 1985, Holman 2000, Parmley and Holman 1995, Parmley and Holman 2007 and Parmley and Hunter 2010

Sister taxa: Agkistrodon, Aploaspis, Caudisonia, Gloydius, Protagras, Protobothrops, Sistrurus, Trimeresurus, Viperinae

Subtaxa: Crotalus adamanteus Crotalus atrox Crotalus horridus Crotalus lepidus Crotalus potterensis Crotalus viridis

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Type: Crotalus horridus

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (2 collections), United States (67: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)

• Blancan of Mexico (1), United States (7: Kansas, Nebraska, Washington)

• Hemphillian of United States (5: Nebraska, Oklahoma)

• Miocene of United States (1: Nebraska)

Total: 83 collections including 93 occurrences

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