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Crotalus scutulatus

Crotalus scutulatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Crotalus
Species:
C. scutulatus
Binomial name
Crotalus scutulatus
(Kennicott, 1861)
Synonyms[2]
  • Caudisona scutulata
    Kennicott, 1861
  • C[rotalus]. scutulatus
    — Cope In Yarrow in Wheeler, 1875
  • Crotalus adamanteus scutulatus
    — Cope, 1875
  • Crotalus scutulatus
    — Boulenger, 1896
  • Crotalus confluentus kellyi
    Amaral, 1929
  • Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus
    — Gloyd, 1940

Crotalus scutulatus is known commonly as the Mohave Rattlesnake.[3][4] Other common English names include Mojave Rattlesnake [5][6] and, referring specifically to the nominate (northern) subspecies: Northern Mohave Rattlesnake[4] and Mojave Green Rattlesnake,[7][5] the latter name commonly shortened to the more colloquial “Mojave green”.[8] Campbell and Lamar (2004) supported the English name “Mohave (Mojave) rattlesnake” with some reluctance because so little of the snake’s range lies within the Mojave Desert.[6]

The spelling of the English name with an “h” has been advocated by multiple authors in recent years for various reasons.[8] The most recent iteration of standard English names for North American reptiles, endorsed by the major herpetological societies in the United States and Canada, concludes that spelling with either a “j” or an “h” is correct, based on “whether the word is used in a Spanish or English context.” Thus, their standard English names list adopted the “h” spelling.[4]

Crotalus scutulatus is a venomous pitviper (family Viperidae, subfamily Crotalinae) found in the deserts of the southwestern United States and deep into mainland Mexico. It is perhaps best known for producing two distinctly different venom types in different populations.

Two subspecies are currently recognized.[9] This account describes the widely distributed nominate subspecies, the Northern Mohave Rattlesnake, Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus.[4] The other subspecies, C. scutulatus salvini, occurs in a relatively small area deep in mainland Mexico.[10]

  1. ^ Mendoza-Quijano, F.; Hammerson, G.A. (2007). "Crotalus scutulatus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64332A12771270. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64332A12771270.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. ^ Crother, BI; Boundy, J; Burbrink, FT; Campbell, JA; de Queiroz, K; Frost, DR; Green, DM; Highton, R; Iverson, JB (2012). Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding (PDF) (7th ed.). Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. pp. 57–58. ISBN 978-0-916984-85-4.
  4. ^ a b c d Crother, BI; Bonett, RM; Boundy, J; Burbrink, FT; de Queiroz, K; Frost, DR; Highton, R; Iverson, JB; Jockusch, EL (2017). Scientific and Standard English names of Amphibians and reptiles of North America North of Mexico, With Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding (PDF) (8th ed.). Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. pp. 64–65. ISBN 978-1-946681-00-3.
  5. ^ a b Stebbins, R.C. (2003). A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians. Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co. pp. 416-417. ISBN 0-395-98272-3
  6. ^ a b Campbell JA, Lamar WW (2004). The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates. 870 pp., 1,500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
  7. ^ Crother, BI; Boundy, J; Campbell, JA; de Queiroz, K; Frost, DR; Highton, R; Iverson, JB; Meylan, PA; Reeder, TW (2000). Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding (1st ed.). Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. p. 60. ISBN 978-0916984540.
  8. ^ a b Cardwell, Mike (2020). The Mohave Rattlesnake and How It Became an Urban Legend. Rodeo, New Mexico: ECO Publishing. ISBN 978-1-938850-30-1.
  9. ^ "Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  10. ^ Gloyd, HK (1940). TheRattlesnakes - Genera Crotalus and Sistrurus. Chicago Academy of Sciences. pp. 201–202.
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