ADW: Crotalus: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Class Reptilia
        
        Order Squamata
        
        Family Viperidae
        
        Genus Crotalus
        
        Species Crotalus adamanteus (Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake)
        
        Species Crotalus aquilus
        
        Species Crotalus atrox (Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake)
        
        Species Crotalus basiliscus (Basilisk Rattlesnake)
        
        Species Crotalus catalinensis (Catalina Island Rattlesnake)
        
        Species Crotalus cerastes (Sidewinder)
        
        Species Crotalus durissus (Cascabel Rattlesnake)
        
        Species Crotalus enyo (Lower California Rattlesnake)
        
        Species Crotalus horridus (Timber rattlesnake (atricaudatus))
        
        Species Crotalus intermedius
        
        Species Crotalus lannomi
        
        Species Crotalus lepidus (lepidus)
        
        Species Crotalus mitchelli (mitchelli)
        
        Species Crotalus molossus (Black Tailed Rattlesnake)
        
        Species Crotalus oreganus (abyssus)
        
        Species Crotalus polystictus
        
        Species Crotalus pricei
        
        Species Crotalus pusillus
        
        Species Crotalus ruber (Red Diamond Rattlesnake)
        
        Species Crotalus scutulatus (scutulatus)
        
        Species Crotalus stejnegeri
        
        Species Crotalus tancitarensis
        
        Species Crotalus tigris (Tiger Rattlesnake)
        
        Species Crotalus tortugensis
        
        Species Crotalus transversus
        
        Species Crotalus triseriatus
        
        Species Crotalus unicolor
        
        Species Crotalus vegrandis
        
        Species Crotalus viridis (viridis)
        
        Species Crotalus willardi (willardi)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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