Mottled Rock Rattlesnake
Crotalus lepidus lepidus
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- C. l. lepidus – Brewster Co, TX – photo by Benjamin Stupavsky
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- C. l. lepidus – Hudspeth Co, TX – photo by Michael Price
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- C. l. lepidus – Jeff Davis Co, TX – photo by Benjamin Stupavsky
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- C. l. lepidus – Jeff Davis Co, TX – photo by James Bear
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- C. l. lepidus – Jeff Davis Co, TX – photo by Orry Martin
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- C. l. lepidus – Pecos Co, TX – photo by T. Dimler
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- C. l. lepidus – Sutton Co, TX – photo by Gary Young
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- C. l. lepidus – Sutton Co, TX – photo by Gary Young
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- C. l. lepidus – Upton Co, TX – photo by Benjamin Stupavsky
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- C. l. lepidus – Upton Co, TX – photo by Benjamin Stupavsky
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- C. l. lepidus – Val Verde Co, TX – photo by Benjamin Stupavsky
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- C. l. lepidus – Val Verde Co, TX – photo by Gerald Keown, SWCHR
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- C. l. lepidus – Val Verde Co, TX – photo by Gerald Keown, SWCHR
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- C. l. lepidus – Val Verde Co, TX – photo by Nathan Wells
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- C. l. lepidus – Map by Tom Lott, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Crotalus l. lepidus occurs throughout southcentral Texas, westward through the Trans-Pecos Region and into southeastern New Mexico.
LEGAL STATUS: Crotalus lepidus lepidus is listed as a Threatened Species in New Mexico. In Texas the species has no protected status.
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Crotalus lepidus lepidus (Kennicott – 1861)
Genus: Crotalus, Greek – krotalon = a rattle ref. rattle on tail
Species/Subspecies: lepidus, Greek – lepidos = a scale, scaly
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962