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Crotalus adamanteus (eastern diamondback rattlesnake)

Reptilia - Crotalidae

Taxonomy
Crotalus adamanteus was named by Palisot de Beauvois (1799). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Crotalus adamanteus Palisot de Beauvois
1875Crotalus adamanteus Cope p. 33
1930Crotalus adamanteus Hay p. 271
1963Crotalus adamanteus Auffenberg
1984Crotalus adamanteus Rage p. 56

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
superfamilyColubroidea
familyCrotalidae()
genusCrotalus
speciesadamanteusPalisot de Beauvois 1799

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Crotalus adamanteus Palisot de Beauvois 1799 [eastern diamondback rattlesnake]
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Crotalus adamanteus adamanteus Palisot de Beauvois 1799
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 0.77400 to 0.01200 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.3 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Crotalus adamanteus (180345)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Crotalus adamanteus (20400)
Middle Pleistocene (glacial)0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Crotalus adamanteus (75974)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Crotalus adamanteus (20491 180339)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Crotalus adamanteus (82258)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Crotalus adamanteus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Crotalus adamanteus (20638 34269 100343 154804 154936 155348)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Crotalus adamanteus (20650)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Crotalus adamanteus (154771 154921)