Crotalus atrox Baird & Girard, 1853

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Reptilia: order
Squamata: family
Viperidae: genus
Crotalus: species
Crotalus atrox

Name

Synonyms: Caudisona atrox sonoraensis Kennicott, 1861; Crotalus confluentus Trécul, 1876; Crotalus tortugensis Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921; Hoserea atrox Hoser, 2009; Hoserea tortugensis Hoser, 2009
Homonyms: Crotalus atrox Baird & Girard, 1853
Common names: Texas-Klapperschlange in language.; Tortuga Island Rattlesnake (tortugensis) in English; Víbora-cascabel de diamantes in Spanish; Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake in English; Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake in English; Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake in English; Western Diamondback Rattlesnake in English; Westliche Diamantklapperschlange in language.

Bibliographic References

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