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Aechmophrys Coues, 1875. In Wheeler, Rept. Explor. and Surv. West of 100 th Mer. 5: 609.
Sistrurus Garman, 1883. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., 8: 118.
Haploaspis Cope, 1883 (emendation of Aploaspis Cope, 1867). Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.,1883: 13.
Type species: Crotalus horridus Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat. Ed. 10:214, by subsequent designation,
Fitzinger, 1843: 29, according to ICZN Dir. 56: maintained name: Op. 92.
Crotalus durissus terrificus (Laurenti, 1768)
Caudisona terrifica Laurenti, 1768. Syst. Rept.: 93.
Crotalus terrificus Boulenger, 1896. Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. 3: 573.
Crotalus durissus terrificus Klauber, 1936. Rattlesnakes 1: 32.
Crotalus terrificus terrificus Serié, 1936. Inst. Mus. Univ. La Plata Obra Cincuentenario: 54.
Crotalus terrificus crotaminicus Moura Gonçalves, 1957. An. Acad. Bras. Cienc. 28: 365.
Crotalus durissus terrificus Hoge, 1966. Mem. Inst. Butantan 32: 147.
Type locality: Mentioned in original description as “Habitat in America infragraduum elev. 45” ”.
Restricted to Julio de Castillo, Municipio de Taquari, Estado Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil by neotype
designation (Hoge, 1966).
Distribution: Catamarca, Córdoba, Corrientes, Chaco, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza,
Misiones, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero and Tucumán. Also in Perú, Bolivia,
Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil from Mato Grosso and Minas Gerais to Rio Grande do Sul. Paranaense,
Chaqueña, Espinal and Monte provinces.
Comments: As commented for Boa constrictor occidentalis, it is preferable to eliminate La Pampa from the
distribution (Tiranti & Avila, 1997).
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: We thank the curators of all museums visited for permission to examine the
specimens in their care. E. Lavilla, M. Halloy and M. Harvey revised the manuscript, and their comments
greatly improved it. We also thank A. Alvarez, R. Fernandes, S. Kretzschmar, L. Rey, C. Úbeda, and T.
Waller for their comments about different topics. Miguel Almazán, and Nora Kotowicz drew the maps.