Sistrurus catenatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Sistrurus catenatus (Rafinesque, 1818) [conserved name]

Type material: not designated.
Neotype: USNM 526. [designated by Opinion 2328 (2013)]
Type locality: “Prairies of the Upper Missouri”, redesignated by neotype designation to “Poland, Mahoning County, Ohio, USA” by Opinion 2328 (2013).
Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 2328 (2013).

Rafinesque, C.S. 1818. Further accounts of discoveries in natural history in the western states. American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review 4(1): 41.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 2013. Opinion 2328 (Case 3571). Crotalinus catenatus Rafinesque, 1818 (currently Sistrurus catenatus) and Crotalus tergeminus Say in James, 1822 (currently Sistrurus tergeminus; Reptilia, Serpentes): usage conserved by designation of neotypes for both species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 70(4): 282–283. DOI: 10.21805/bzn.v70i4.a13 Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Sistrurus catenatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 July 2020.
Frost, D.R., Hammerson, G.A. & Santos-Barrera, G. 2007. IUCN: Sistrurus catenatus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64346A12772707. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64346A12772707.en

English: Eastern Massasauga
español: Cascabel pigmea norteña

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