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Reptilia
Squamata (part)
Crotalidae
Eastern Black-tailed Rattlesnake
Crotalus ornatus
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:
Black-tail Rattlesnake
(
Crotalus molossus
: 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);
Dog-faced Rattlesnake
(
Crotalus molossus
: Stejneger, Leonhard.
1895
. The poisonous snakes of North America. Annual Report of the United States National Museum 1893(2):337-487);
Black-tailed Rattlesnake
(
Crotalus molossus
: 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. Notices of new reptiles from Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7():192-193
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