Crotalus oreganus helleri

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Crotalus
Species: C. oreganus
Subspecies: C. o. helleri
Trinomial name
Crotalus oreganus helleri
Meek, 1905
Synonyms
  • Crotalus helleri - Meek, 1905
  • Crotalus viridis helleri - Klauber, 1949[1]

Common names: Southern Pacific rattlesnake.[2]


Crotalus oreganus helleri is a venomous rattlesnake subspecies[2] found in South-West California and south into Baja California. The rattler is usually dark in color.

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  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ a b Crotalus oreganus helleri (TSN 683065). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 28 November 2006.
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