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Crotalus (rattlesnake)

Reptilia - Crotalidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Crotalus Linnaeus p. 214
1875Crotalus Cope p. 33
1902Crotalus Hay p. 481
1930Crotalus Hay p. 270
1984Crotalus Rage p. 56
1985Crotalus Holman
1988Crotalus Carroll
1995Crotalus Parmley and Holman p. 85
2000Crotalus Holman
2007Crotalus Parmley and Holman p. 141
2010Crotalus Parmley and Hunter p. 539

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

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.

G. Crotalus Linnaeus 1758 [rattlesnake]
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Crotalus adamanteus Palisot de Beauvois 1799 [eastern diamondback rattlesnake]
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Crotalus adamanteus adamanteus Palisot de Beauvois 1799
Crotalus atrox Baird and Girard 1853
Crotalus giganteus Brattstrom 1954
Crotalus horridus Linnaeus 1758 [timber rattlesnake]
Crotalus lepidus Kennicott 1861 [rock rattlesnake]
Crotalus viridis Rafinesque 1818 [prairie rattlesnake]
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Invalid names: Crotalus potterensis Brattstrom 1953 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available