Crotalus tigris

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• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Ecology: The species' habitats include rocky desert canyons , foothills, and bajadas, in vegetation zones ranging from thornscrub, ocotillo-mesquite-creosote bush , saguaro-paloverde, mesquite grassland, and chaparral to tropical deciduous forest (southern Sonora) and the lower edge of oak woodland (Behler and King 1979, Lowe et al. 1986, Ernst and Ernst 2003, Stebbins 2003, Campbell and Lamar 2004). In southeastern Arizona, this snake occurs strictly in rocky areas in winter and spring but uses edges of arroyos in summer (Beck 1995). It is a terrestrial species but may climb into low vegetation.[1]

List of Habitats: 1.4 Forest - Temperate 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 3.4 Shrubland - Temperate 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 3.8 Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation 4.4 Grassland - Temperate 4.5 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 6 Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs , mountain peaks) 8.1 Desert - Hot 8.2 Desert - Temperate

Biology

Diet

[Migration]

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Crotalus tigris — Liner 1994
2. Crotalus tigris — McDiarmid, Campbell and TourÉ 1999: 295
3. Crotalus tigris — Stebbins 1985: 230

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Crotalus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 186 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

C. abyssus · C. adamanteus (Eastern Diamond-Backed Rattlesnake) · C. adamanteus pleistofloridensis · C. adamanteus ruber · C. adamantus · C. addmanteus · C. admanteus · C. angelensis · C. aquilus · C. atricaudatus · C. atrose · C. atrox (Western Diamond-Backed Rattlesnake) · C. atrox=cinereus · C. atrox atrox (Western Diamond-Backed Rattlesnake) · C. atrox elegans · C. basciliscus · C. basiliscus (Mexican West Coast Rattlesnake) · C. basiliscus basiliscus · C. basiliscus oaxacus · C. biseriatus · C. caliginis · C. cascavella · C. catalinensis (Santa Catalina Island Rattlesnake) · C. cerastes (Gehörnte Klapperschlange) · C. cerastes cerastes (Mojave Desert Sidewinder) · C. cerastes cercobombus (Sonoran Sidewinder) · C. cerastes laterorepens (Colorado Desert Sidewinder) · C. cerberus · C. cinereous · C. concolor · C. confluentus · C. confluentus abyssus · C. confluentus kellyi · C. confluentus lutosus · C. confluentus nuntius · C. confluentus stephensi · C. culminatus · C. cumanensis · C. duriscus · C. durissus (Aruba Island Rattlesnake) · C. durissus cascavella (Aruba Island Rattlesnake) · C. durissus collilineatus (Aruba Island Rattlesnake) · C. durissus culminatus (Aruba Island Rattlesnake) · C. durissus cumanensis (Aruba Island Rattlesnake) · C. durissus dryinas · C. durissus dryinus · C. durissus durissus (Aruba Island Rattlesnake) · C. durissus marajoensis (Aruba Island Rattlesnake) · C. durissus ruruima (Aruba Island Rattlesnake) · C. durissus terrificus (South American Rattlesnake) · C. durissus totonacus (Aruba Island Rattlesnake) · C. durissus trigonicus (Aruba Island Rattlesnake) · C. durissus tzabcan (Aruba Island Rattlesnake) · C. enyo (Lower California Rattlesnake) · C. enyo cerralvensis · C. enyo enyo (Lower California Rattlesnake) · C. enyo furvus · C. ericsmithi (Guerreran Long-Tailed Rattlesnake) · C. estebanensis · C. exsul · C. gloydi lautus · C. goldmani · C. guttata · C. helleri · C. horridus (Timber Rattlesnake (Atricaudatus)) · C. horridus atricaudatus · C. horridus horridus (Timber Rattlesnake (Atricaudatus)) · C. hortulanus · C. intermedius (Mexican Smallhead Rattlesnake) · C. intermedius gloydi · C. intermedius intermedius (Mexican Smallhead Rattlesnake) · C. intermedius omiltemanus · C. lannomi (Autlán Long-Tailed Rattlesnake) · C. lecontei · C. lepidus (Rock Rattlesnake) · C. lepidus klauberi (Banded Rock Rattlesnake) · C. lepidus lepidus (Mottled Rock Rattlesnake) · C. lepidus maculosus (Rock Rattlesnake) · C. lepidus morulus (Rock Rattlesnake) · C. lepidus semicornutus · C. lorenzoensis · C. lucasensis · C. lucifer · C. mitchelli · C. mitchellii (Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake) · C. mitchellii angelensis (Speckled Rattlesnake) · C. mitchellii mitchellii (Speckled Rattlesnake) · C. mitchellii muertensis (Speckled Rattlesnake) · C. mitchellii pyrrhus (Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake) · C. mitchellii stephensi (Panamint Rattlesnake) · C. mitchelli angelensis · C. mitchelli mitchelli · C. mitchelli muertensis · C. mitchelli pyrrhus (Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake) · C. molassus · C. molossus (Black-Tailed Rattlesnake) · C. molossus estebanensis (Black-Tailed Rattlesnake) · C. molossus molossus (Black-Tailed Rattlesnake) · C. molossus nigrescens (Black-Tailed Rattlesnake) · C. molossus nigriscens

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Further Reading

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• Armstrong, B.L. and Murphy, J.B. 1979. The natural history of Mexican rattlesnakes. University of Kansas Museum Natural History, Special Publications 1(5): 1-88.
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
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• Beck, D.D. 1995. Ecology and energetics of three sympatric rattlesnakes in the Sonoran Desert. Journal of Herpetology 29: 211-223.
• Behler, J.L. and King, F.W. 1979. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 743 pp.
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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 18, 2007.
• Frost, D.R., Hammerson, G.A. and Gadsden, H. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2538284
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-8056
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 174318
• IUCN ID: 64335
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ARADE02110
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 18104

Footnotes

1. Frost, D.R., Hammerson, G.A. & Gadsden, H. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]

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