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Reptilia
Squamata (part)
Crotalidae
Sidewinder
Crotalus cerastes
Hallowell, 1854
Current SSAR Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Horned Rattlesnake
(
Crotalus cerastes
: Cooper, James G.
1869
. The fauna of California and its geographical distribution. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4():61-81);
Side-winder
(
Crotalus cerastes
: Yarrow, Henry C.
1882
. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249);
Sidewinder
(
Crotalus cerastes
: Stejneger, Leonard.
1893
. Annotated list of the reptiles and batrachians collected by the Death Valley Expedition in 1891, with descriptions of new species. North American Fauna 7():159–228);
Sidewinder
(
Crotalus cerastes
: Van Denburgh, John.
1897
. The reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin: An account of the species known to inhabit California, and Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Nevada. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 5():9-236);
Sidewinder
(
Crotalus cerastes
: Schmidt, Karl Peterson and D. D. Davis.
1941
. Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada. C.P. Putnam and Sons, New York. 365pp.);
Taxon Links:
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
NatureServe
iNaturalist
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Pertinent LIterature:
1854
Hallowell, Edward. Descriptions of new reptiles from California. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7():91–97
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