List of crotaline species and subspecies

Crotalinae
Timber rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Viperidae
Subfamily:Crotalinae
Oppel, 1811

This is a list of all sure genera, species and subspecies of the subfamily Crotalinae,[1] otherwise referred to as crotalines, pit vipers or pitvipers. It follows the taxonomy currently provided by ITIS, which is based on the continuing work of Dr. Roy McDiarmid.[2]

Species list

See also

  • Crotalinae by common name
  • Crotalinae by taxonomic synonyms

References

  1. "Crotalinae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 December 2007.
  2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
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