Name - Crotalus atrox B. & G. 1853

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:2851014 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Crotalus atrox

• Crotalus atrox B. & G.

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

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Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• Opinion 365. Suppression under the plenary powers, of the specific name "cinereous" Le Conte, 1852, as published in the combination "Crotalus cinereous," for the purpose of rendering the specific name "atrox" Baird & Girard, 1853, as published in the combination "Crotalus atrox," the oldest available name for the Western Diamond Rattlesnake.
• Proposed use of the plenary powers to preserve for the Western Diamond Rattlesnake the trivial name "atrox" Baird & Girard, 1853 (as published in the combination "Crotalus atrox") by suppressing the trivial name "cinereous"

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