Crotalus tigris
Crotalus tigris KENNICOTT 1859
- class Reptilia
- order Squamata
- suborder Serpentes
- superfamily Colubroidea
- family Viperidae Oppel, 1811
- subfamily Crotalinae Oppel, 1811
- genus Crotalus
Common Names
Tiger rattlesnake (English)
Languages: English
Overview
Common Names
Tiger rattlesnake
Rights holder(s): Mohammadi, Shabnam - Comment (0)
Ecology and Distribution
Distribution
Southwestern United States (south-central Arizona) and northwestern Mexico (Sonora); also on Isla Tiburón in the Gulf of California (McDiarmid et al., 1999).
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Additional Notes
Notes
Holotype: USNM 471 (McDiarmid et al., 1999).
Type-locality: "Sierra Verde and Pozo Verde." Pozo Verde is a spring located on the Sonoran side of the USA-Mexico border, near Sasabe. It is on the western slope of the southern end of the Sierra Verde (McDiarmid et al., 1999).
Rights holder(s): Mohammadi, Shabnam - Comment (0)
References
(1999). Snake species of the world: A taxonomic and geographic reference..
1, 511. Washington, DC: The Herpetologists' League.