TYPES 



Crotalus atricaudatus Latreille In Sonnini et Latreille, 1801, 

 Hist. nat. des Rept. , 3:209, 4:323, 402. 

 = Crotalus horridus Linnaeus, 1758; fide Collins & Knight, 1980 



No types specimens were located. Type locality, "Caroline"; 

 restricted to "Charleston, South Carolina" by Schmidt 

 (1953:228). Bosc was the collector of the type series. He 

 proposed the name atricaudatus in a manuscript used by 

 Latreille. Most likely, no specimens were sent to Paris (cf. 

 also Daudin, 1803, 5:316 n.i.p.). 



Crotalus boiquira Lacepede, 1789, Hist. Nat. Quadr. ovipares et 

 des Serpens. In 4°, 2:130, 390, pi. 18, fig. 1. In 12°, 4:6, 

 142, 209, 356, pi . 7 , fig. 1. 



=Crotalus horridus Linnaeus, 1758, fide Collins & Knight, 

 1980. 



No types specimens were located. One specimen was deposited 

 in the Royal Cabinet. Type locality, "Nouveau Monde," 

 "depuis la terre de Magellan jusqu'au lac Champlain, vers le 

 quarante-cinquieme degre de latitude septentrionale, " near 

 "de la grande chute d'eau du Niagara," "Caroline." TL 132 cm 

 (this is 4 feet, 10 lines and 4 inches, according to Lacepede 



melanurus Garman, 1883, Mem. Mus. Comp. 

 Linnaeus, 1758; fide Collins & Knight, 



Holotype, MNHN 821. Type locality, "Caroline du Sud." 

 Collector and donor unknown. TL 91.5 cm. The synonymy 

 derives from Pisani et al. (1973). Crotalus durissus var. 

 melanurus Jan, 1859:153 is a nomen nudum, which has no 

 official status according to the International Code of 

 Zoological Nomenclature (1985:285-286). This holotype was 

 received by the Paris museum in exchange from Milan (cf. 

 e.g., Dumeril, A.H.A., In Jan, 1858:438-439; Jan, 1858:515; 

 Dumeril, A.H.A., 1865:47-50). 



Crotalus immaculatus Latreille In Sonnini et Latreille, 1801, 

 Hist. nat. des Rept., 3:201, 4:323, 402. 



= Crotalus durissus terrificus ( Laurent i, 1768) ; fide Klauber, 

 1972. 



No type specimens were located. A specimen was maintained in 

 the galleries of the Museum d'Histoire naturelle. Daudin 



