Definition of Crotalus tigris

1. Noun. Having irregularly cross-banded back; of arid foothills and canyons of southern Arizona and Mexico.

Exact synonyms: Tiger Rattlesnake
Generic synonyms: Rattler, Rattlesnake
Group relationships: Crotalus, Genus Crotalus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crotalus Tigris

Crosby capsule
Cross
Crossopterygii
Crotalaria sagitallis
Crotalaria spectabilis
Crotalidae
Crotalus adamanteus
Crotalus antitoxin
Crotalus atrox
Crotalus cerastes
Crotalus horridus atricaudatus
Crotalus horridus horridus
Crotalus lepidus
Crotalus mitchellii
Crotalus scutulatus
Crotalus tigris (current term)
Crotalus toxin
Crotalus viridis
Crotaphytus
Croton bug
Croton bugs
Croton eluteria
Croton tiglium
Crotone
Crotophaga
Crouchy
Crouse
Crouzon's syndrome
Crouzon syndrome
Crow

Literary usage of Crotalus tigris

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin: An Account of the Species by John Van Denburgh (1897)
"Crotalus tigris, KENN., US Mex. Bound. Surv., II, Kept., 1859, p. 14, pi. IV (type locality Sierra Verde and Poso Verde); STEJNEGER, NA Fauna No. ..."

2. The Reptiles of Western North America: An Account of the Species Known to by John van Denburgh (1922)
"Crotalus tigris Kennicott TIGER RATTLESNAKE Plates 103 and 113 Crotalus tigris KENNICOTT, Rep. US Mex. Bound. Surv., Vol. II, Kept., 1859, p. 14, pi. ..."

3. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles by Leonhard Stejneger, Thomas Barbour (1917)
"Crotalus tigris COPE Ann. Rep. US Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 1181, fig. 341. TYPE LOCALITY : Deserts of the Gila and Colorado Rivers, Arizona. ..."

4. Therapeutic Gazette (1912)
"Distribution—Arizona to Mexico. Crotalus tigris, Kennicott. Nose blunt, head oval, size small, rostral triangular, postnasal and preorbital short, ..."

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