"Crotalus viridis" sunan kimiyya ne ga nau'in rattlesnake mai dafi 'yan asalin Arewacin Amirka, wanda aka fi sani da yammacin diamondback rattlesnake. “Crotalus” wani nau’in halitta ne na macizai masu dafi, yayin da “viridis” ke nufin “kore” a harshen Latin, wanda ke nufin launin kore a gefen jikin macijin.
