Combinations

• Caudisona scutulata Kennicott, 1861: 207 [original combination]
• Crotalus scutulatus — Cope, 1875: 533 [subsequent combination]

Primary references

• Kennicott, R. 1861. On three new forms of rattlesnakes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 206–208. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1875. Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia, with a systematic list of the higher groups, and an essay on Geographic distribution: Serpentes: Based on the specimens in the U.S. National Museum. Government Printing Office: Washington. 104 pp.
• Cope, E.D. 1900. The crocodilians, lizards, and snakes of North America. Report of the United States National Museum 1898: 153–1270 + 36 pls.

Additional references

• Gloyd, H.K. 1940. The rattlesnakes, genera Sistrurus and Crotalus. A study in zoogeography and evolution. Chicago Academy of Science, Special Publication 4: 270 pp. + 31 pls.

• Cardwell, M.D., Gotte, S.W., Mcdiarmid, R.W., Gilmore, N. & Poindexter II, J.A. 2013. Type specimens of Crotalus scutulatus (Chordata: Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae) re-examined, with new evidence after more than a century of confusion. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 126(1): 11–16. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X-126.1.11 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Crotalus scutulatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 May 2018.
• Mendoza-Quijano, F. & Hammerson, G.A. 2007. IUCN: Crotalus scutulatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64332A12771270. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64332A12771270.en