Black-tailed rattlesnake

Black-tailed rattlesnake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Crotalus
Species:
C. molossus
Binomial name
Crotalus molossus
Baird & Girard, 1853
Synonyms
  • Crotalus molossus
    Baird & Girard, 1853
  • Crotalus ornatus Hallowell, 1854
  • Caudisona molossus – Cope, 1860
  • C[audisona]. molossa
    – Cope, 1867
  • [Crotalus durissus] Var. molossus – Garman, 1884
  • Crotalus terrificus
    – Boulenger, 1896 (part)
  • Crotalus molossus molossus
    – Gloyd, 1936[2]

The black-tailed rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus) is a venomous pit viper species found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Four subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.[3]

  1. ^ Hammerson, G. A. (March 2007). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Crotalus molossus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  2. ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. ^ "Crotalus molossus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 February 2007.