For the western rattlesnake, see Crotalus oreganus.
Great Basin rattlesnake
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Suborder:
Serpentes
Family:
Viperidae
Genus:
Crotalus
Species:
C. lutosus
Binomial name
Crotalus lutosus
(Klauber, 1930)
Synonyms
Crotalus confluentus lutosus Klauber, 1930
Crotalus viridis lutosus – Klauber, 1936[1]
Crotalus oreganus lutosus – Ashton & de Queiroz, 2001[2]
The Great Basin rattlesnake (Crotalus lutosus)[3] is a venomous pit viper species found in the Great Basin region of the United States.[4]
^McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
^Ashton, Kyle G. & de Queiroz, Alan (2001). "Molecular systematics of the western rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis (Viperidae), with comments on the utility of the D-loop in phylogenetic studies of snakes". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 21 (2): 176–189. doi:10.1006/mpev.2001.1013. PMID 11697914.
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