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Crotalus viridis (prairie rattlesnake)
Taxonomy
Crotalus viridis was named by Rafinesque (1818). It is extant.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1818 | Crotalus viridis Rafinesque |
| 1953 | Crotalus potterensis Brattstrom p. 175 fig. 1 |
| 1984 | Crotalus potterensis Rage p. 56 |
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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 viridis Rafinesque 1818 [prairie rattlesnake]
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Invalid names: Crotalus potterensis Brattstrom 1953 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Hemphillian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 9.40000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Oklahoma) | Crotalus viridis (18076) | |
| Blancan | USA (Kansas) | Crotalus viridis (19931 19936 19940) | |
| Gelasian | USA (Kansas) | Crotalus viridis (19927) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Kansas) | Crotalus viridis (20295 20516) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Colorado) | Crotalus viridis (20361) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Crotalus viridis (20639) | |
| Rancholabrean - Holocene | USA (California) | Crotalus viridis (84904) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (California) | Crotalus viridis, Crotalus sp. (155393) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Nevada) | Crotalus viridis (99602) |