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Crotalus cerastes cerastes  Hallowell, 1854
Taxonomic Serial No.: 209517

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Mojave Desert Sidewinder [English]
  
    Mohave Desert Sidewinder [English]
  
       
  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 cerastes Hallowell, 1854 – Sidewinder, Víbora-cascabel cornuda  
                                              SubspeciesCrotalus cerastes cerastes Hallowell, 1854 – Mojave Desert Sidewinder, Mohave Desert Sidewinder  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Peter Uetz  
  Notes: Associate Professor, CSBC   
  Reference for: Crotalus cerastes cerastes    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Crotalus cerastes cerastes   
       
  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 cerastes cerastes, Mojave Desert Sidewinder [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Campbell, Jonathan A., and William W. Lamar  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere, vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 870   
  Publisher: Cornell University Press   
  Publication Place: Ithaca, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8014-4141-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Crotalus cerastes cerastes   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Crother, Brian I., Ronald M. Bonett, Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2017   
  Article/Chapter Title: Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Eighth Ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Herpetological Circular, no. 43   
  Page(s): 102   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-946681-003   
  Notes: Available free as PDF, and as updated database, at https://ssarherps.org/publications/north-american-checklist/   
  Reference for: Mohave Desert Sidewinder[English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1   
  Page(s): xi + 511   
  Publisher: The Herpetologists' League   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-893777-01-4, 1-893777-00-6  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Crotalus cerastes cerastes   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Stebbins, Robert C.  
  Publication Date: 1985   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, Second Edition   
  Page(s): 336   
  Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company   
  Publication Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Crotalus cerastes cerastes   
       

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

 

    

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