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Scientific Name
Crotalus horridus
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Crotalus horridus Linnaeus, 1758
Park
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River (UPDE)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
timber rattlesnake
Park Synonyms
Crotalus horridus horridus
Taxonomic Hierarchy
KingdomAnimalia
SubkingdomBilateria
Infrakingdom Deuterostomia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
Infraphylum Gnathostomata
SuperclassTetrapoda
ClassReptilia
OrderSquamata
SuborderSerpentes
InfraorderAlethinophidia
FamilyViperidae
SubfamilyCrotalinae
GenusCrotalus
SpeciesCrotalus horridus
Occurrence
Present
Occurrence Notes
Data Source: Brad Ross, Herpetofauna taxa expert, 7/11/2006.
Nativeness
Native
Nativeness Notes
Data Source: Brad Ross, Herpetofauna taxa expert, 7/11/2006. Legacy NPSpecies information may no longer be applicable, please remove if it is not applicable. In legacy NPSpecies Pest value was No with comment: Possible Pest--Interaction with park visitor's could cause problems due to poisonous bite--Brad Ross, Herpetofauna taxa expert, 7/11/2006.
Abundance
Abundant
Abundance Notes
NY & PA Herp Atlases + PA Fish and Boat Commission; Data Source: Brad Ross, Herpetofauna taxa expert, 7/11/2006.
Management Tags
  • Exploitation Concern
    See Management Priority--Brad Ross, Herpetofauna taxa expert, 7/11/2006.
  • Management Priority
    PA Proposed State Status: CA (candidate at risk) due to risk of exploitation by humans and destruction of habitat, especially den sites; NY State Status: T (threatened)-PA and NY Natural Heritage Programs 7/11/06.
Seasonality Tags
  • Breeder
    Data Source: Brad Ross, Herpetofauna taxa expert, 7/11/2006.
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
39
References
0
Vouchers
9
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
KAT
Created Date
8/30/2001 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
Jennifer Stingelin Keefer
Last Modified Date
7/11/2006 12:00:00 AM
Notes
Park Species Detail: See Crotalus horridus horridus profile to view additional species evidence., Park Species Data Source: NY Herp Atlas, 1990-99: Excel Spreadsheet from Alvan Breisch (Division of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources) compiled on March 17, 2004., Accepted Detail: The following sources were used to certify this species record: (1) Hulse, A. C., C. J. McCoy, and E. J. Censky. 2001. Amphibians and reptiles of Pennsylvania and the northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, NY. (2) Conant, R. and J. T. Collins. 1998. Reptiles and amphibians eastern/central North America. Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston, MA. (3) Petranka, J. W. 1998. Salamanders ot the United States and Canada. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC. (4) Integrated Taxonomic Information System Database. June 2006. http://www.itis.usda.gov/. (5) National Biological Information Infrastructure. June 2006. http://www.nbii.gov/index.html.
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