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Crotalus
Linnaeus, 1758
(reptile)
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Crotalinae (Subfamily) - pit vipers
..Agkistrodon (Genus)
..Atropoides (Genus)
..Bothriechis (Genus)
..Bothrocophias (Genus)
..Bothrops (Genus)
..Calloselasma (Genus)
..Cerrophidion (Genus)
..Deinagkistrodon (Genus)
..Garthius (Genus)
..Gloydius (Genus)
..Hypnale (Genus)
..Lachesis (Genus)
..Mixcoatlus (Genus)
..Ophryacus (Genus)
..Ovophis (Genus)
..Porthidium (Genus)
..Protobothrops (Genus)
..Sistrurus (Genus)
..Trimeresurus (Genus)
..Tropidolaemus (Genus)
..Crotalus (Genus)
....Crotalus adamanteus (Species) - eastern diamondback rattlesnake
....Crotalus angelensis (Species)
....Crotalus aquilus (Species)
....Crotalus armstrongi (Species)
....Crotalus atrox (Species) - western diamondback rattlesnake
....Crotalus basiliscus (Species)
....Crotalus campbelli (Species)
....Crotalus catalinensis (Species)
....Crotalus cerastes (Species) - sidewinder
....Crotalus cerberus (Species)
....Crotalus culminatus (Species)
....Crotalus durissus (Species) - Aruba Island rattlesnake
....Crotalus enyo (Species)
....Crotalus ericsmithi (Species)
....Crotalus horridus (Species) - timber rattlesnake
....Crotalus intermedius (Species)
....Crotalus lannomi (Species)
....Crotalus lepidus (Species) - rock rattlesnake
....Crotalus mitchellii (Species) - speckled rattlesnake
....Crotalus molossus (Species) - black-tailed rattlesnake
....Crotalus morulus (Species)
....Crotalus oreganus (Species)
....Crotalus ornatus (Species)
....Crotalus polystictus (Species)
....†Crotalus potterensis (Species)
....Crotalus pricei (Species) - twin-spotted rattlesnake
....Crotalus pusillus (Species)
....Crotalus pyrrhus (Species)
....Crotalus ravus (Species)
....Crotalus ruber (Species) - red diamond rattlesnake
....Crotalus scutulatus (Species) - Mojave rattlesnake
....Crotalus simus (Species)
....Crotalus stejnegeri (Species)
....Crotalus stephensi (Species)
....Crotalus tancitarensis (Species)
....Crotalus tigris (Species) - tiger rattlesnake
....Crotalus tlaloci (Species)
....Crotalus totonacus (Species)
....Crotalus transversus (Species)
....Crotalus triseriatus (Species)
....Crotalus tzabcan (Species)
....Crotalus viridis (Species) - western rattlesnake
....Crotalus willardi (Species) - ridge-nosed rattlesnake
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 214.
Types
Type of
:
Crotalinae
(Subfamily)
Oppel, 1811
Ref:
R.A. Pyron et al., 2013
: 48.
[inferred]
Type
:
Crotalus horridus
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
P. Uetz et al. (eds.), 2016
: 16 Aug 2016.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
echte ratelslangen
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28 Aug 2026