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Crotalus oreganus caliginis  Klauber, 1949
Taxonomic Serial No.: 683062

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s): Crotalus viridis caliginis Klauber, 1949
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyViperidae Oppel, 1811 – Pit Vipers, Vipers  
                                     SubfamilyCrotalinae Oppel, 1811  
                                        GenusCrotalus Linnaeus, 1758 – Rattlesnakes  
                                           SpeciesCrotalus oreganus Holbrook, 1840 – Western Rattlesnake, Northern Pacific Rattlesnake  
                                              SubspeciesCrotalus oreganus caliginis Klauber, 1949  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Peter Uetz  
  Notes: Associate Professor, CSBC   
  Reference for: Crotalus oreganus caliginis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Reptile Database (2017), website (version 24-Dec-16)  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Crotalus oreganus caliginis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ashton, Kyle G., and Alan de Queiroz  
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: Molecular Systematics of the Western Rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis (Viperidae), with Comments on the Utility of the D-Loop in Phylogenetic Studies of Snakes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 21, no. 2   
  Page(s): 176-189   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1055-7903   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Crotalus oreganus caliginis   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Mexico, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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