Crotalus oreganus abyssus

Crotalus oreganus abyssus
Grand Canyon rattlesnake
Havasu Canyon, Arizona
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Crotalus
Species:
C. oreganus
Subspecies:
C. o. abyssus
Trinomial name
Crotalus oreganus abyssus
Klauber, 1930
Synonyms
  • Crotalus confluentus abyssus Klauber, 1930
  • Crotalus viridis abyssus
    – Klauber, 1936[1]
  • Crotalus oreganus abyssus
    – Ashton & de Queiroz, 2001[2]
Common names: Grand Canyon rattlesnake,[3] canyon bleached rattlesnake.[4]

Crotalus oreganus abyssus is a venomous pit viper subspecies[3] found only in the U.S. states of Arizona and Utah.

  1. ^ McDiarmid RW; Campbell JA; Touré T. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. ISBN 1-893777-01-4.
  2. ^ 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" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 21 (2): 176–189. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-29.
  3. ^ a b "Crotalus oreganus abyssus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 November 2006.
  4. ^ Wright AH; Wright AA. (1957). Handbook of Snakes (7th printing, 1985 ed.). Comstock Publishing Associates. ISBN 0-8014-0463-0.