Crotalus atrox Baird and Girard, 1853
Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake (English)
Western diamond-backed rattlesnake
Ecology and Distribution
Southwestern USA and northern Mexico: from central Arkansas and southeastern California (USA) south to northern Sinaloa, Hidalgo, and nothern Veraruz (Mexico). Isolated populations occur in southern Veracruz and southeastern Oaxaca (McDiarmid et al., 1999).
Holotype: USNM 7761
Type-locality: "Indianola" [Indianola, Calhoun County, Texas, USA] (McDiarmid et al., 1999).
- Crotalus confluentus SAY 1823 (synonym)