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Descriptor English: Crotalus
Descriptor Spanish: Crotalus
Descriptor Crotalus
Entry term(s) serpiente de cascabel
Scope note: Género de serpientes de la familia VIPERIDAE, una de las víboras de fosa, denominada así por la fosita maxilar situada entre el ojo y los orificios nasales. Son serpientes americanas características. La mayoría de las 25 especies identificadas se encuentran en el suroeste de Estados Unidos y en el norte de Méjico. Varias especies se encuentran tan al norte como Canadá y el este del Mississippi, incluido el sur de los Appalaches. Se denominan así por el sonajero articulado (krotalon griego) en la punta de su cola. (Goin, Goin, and Zug: Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed; Moore: Poisonous Snakes of the World, 1980, p335).
Descriptor Portuguese: Crotalus
Descriptor French: Crotalus
Entry term(s): Rattlesnake
Rattlesnakes
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.937.240.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017839
Scope note: A genus of snakes of the subfamily Crotalinae, having a hollowed out pit in the maxillary bone between the eye and nostril. Most of the recognized species are found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Several species are found as far north as Canada and east of the Mississippi, including southern Appalachia. They are named for the jointed rattle (Greek krotalon) at the tip of their tail. (Goin, Goin, and Zug: Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed; Moore: Poisonous Snakes of the World, 1980, p335).
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Snakes (1966-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
DeCS ID: 31537
Unique ID: D017839
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Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1993/02/16
Revision Date: 2017/06/12
Crotalus - Preferred
Concept UI M0026956
Scope note A genus of snakes of the subfamily Crotalinae, having a hollowed out pit in the maxillary bone between the eye and nostril. Most of the recognized species are found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Several species are found as far north as Canada and east of the Mississippi, including southern Appalachia. They are named for the jointed rattle (Greek krotalon) at the tip of their tail. (Goin, Goin, and Zug: Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed; Moore: Poisonous Snakes of the World, 1980, p335).
Preferred term Crotalus
Entry term(s) Rattlesnake
Rattlesnakes



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