Crotalus ruber

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Crotalus
Species:

Crotalus ruber Cope, 1892

Holotype: USNM 9209, adult ♂, collector and date unknown.
Type locality: not stated, designated as “southern California” by Klauber (1956: 41), restricted to “Dulzura, San Diego Co., California” by Smith & Taylor (1950: 356).

Crotalus adamanteus ruber Cope, 1892: 690 [original combination, as subspecies]
Crotalus ruber — Van Deburgh, 1896: 1007 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Crotalus ruber. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 July 2020.
Hammerson, G.A., Frost, D.R. & Hollingsworth, B. 2007. IUCN: Crotalus ruber (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64331A12771154. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64331A12771154.en