Crotalus oreganus

Crotalus oreganus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Crotalus
Species:
C. oreganus
Binomial name
Crotalus oreganus
Holbrook, 1840
Synonyms
  • Crotalus oreganus Holbrook, 1840
  • Crotalus oregonus [sic]
    – Holbrook, 1842
  • Crotalus lucifer
    Baird & Girard, 1852
  • C[rotalus]. adamanteus var. lucifer – Jan, 1863
  • C[audisona]. lucifer – Cope, 1867
  • Crotalus hallowelli Cooper In Cronise, 1868
  • Crotalus confluentus var. lucifer
    – Cope, 1883
  • [Crotalus oreganus] Var. lucifer
    – Garman, 1884
  • Crotalus confluentus lucifer
    – Cope, 1892
  • Crotalus oreganus
    – Van Denburgh, 1898
  • Crotalus oreganus niger
    Kallert, 1927 (Nomen nudum)
  • Crotalus confluentus oreganus
    – Amaral, 1929
  • Crotalus viridis oreganus
    – Klauber, 1936[2]
  • Crotalus oreganus oreganus
    – Ashton & de Queiroz, 2001[3]

Crotalus oreganus, commonly known as the Western rattlesnake or northern Pacific rattlesnake,[4][5] is a venomous pit viper species found in western North America from the Baja California Peninsula to the southern interior of British Columbia.

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  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. ^ Ashton KG, de Queiroz A. 2001. Molecular systematics of the western rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis (Viperidae), with comments on the utility of the d-loop in phylogenetic studies of snakes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 21, No.2, pp. 176-189. PDF Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine at CNAH. Accessed 3 September 2008.
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  5. ^ Wright AH, Wright AA. 1957. Handbook of Snakes. Comstock Publishing Associates. (7th printing, 1985). 1105 pp. ISBN 0-8014-0463-0.