Northern Mohave Rattlesnake
Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus
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- C. s. scutulatus (aberrant striped morph) – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Alice Abela
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- C. s. scutulatus – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Kris Haas
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- C. s. scutulatus – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Kris Haas
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- C. s. scutulatus – El Paso Co, TX – photo by James D. Bear
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- C. s. scutulatus – Jeff Davis Co, TX – photo by D. Craig McIntyre
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- C. s. scutulatus – Los Angeles Co, CA – photo by Rande M. Gallant
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- C. s. scutulatus – Maricopa Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- C. s. scutulatus – San Bernardino Co, CA – photo by Rich Rang
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- C. s. scutulatus Habitat – El Paso Co, TX – photo by James D. Bear
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Crotalus s. scutulatus occurs in the Mojave Desert region of eastern southern California, southern Nevada, extreme southwestern Utah, western and southern Arizona, extreme southern New Mexico and the Trans-Pecos region of west Texas.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus (Kennicott – 1861)
Genus: Crotalus, Greek – krotalon = a rattle ref. rattle on tail
Species/Subspecies: scutulatus, Latin = having a shield shaped patch – ref. dorsal pattern
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962