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Definition of Crotalus lepidus
1. Noun. Mountain rock dweller of Mexico and most southern parts of United States southwest.
Generic synonyms: Rattler, Rattlesnake
Group relationships: Crotalus, Genus Crotalus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crotalus Lepidus
Literary usage of Crotalus lepidus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles by Leonhard Stejneger, Thomas Barbour (1917)
"342. TYPE LOCALITY: America. RANGE : Maine to Georgia, westward to Great Plains.
crotalus lepidus (KENNICOTT) ... crotalus lepidus COPE crotalus lepidus ..."
2. The Reptiles of Western North America: An Account of the Species Known to by John van Denburgh (1922)
"crotalus lepidus (Kennicott) GREEN RATTLESNAKE Plates 105 and 118 ... Crotalus
lepidus COPE, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1883, p. 13; GAR- MAN, Mem. Mus. ..."
3. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1907)
"... is much paler than those from the San Lucas Fauna of Lower California.
crotalus lepidus Kenn. There seems to be a general clearing of the ..."
4. Therapeutic Gazette (1912)
"crotalus lepidus, Kennicott (Plate XI, Fig. 1), smooth or green rattlesnake, is
one of the smallest of the genus. The characters of No. ..."