Talk:Great Basin rattlesnake

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Requested move 23 August 2020[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved -- JHunterJ (talk) 13:10, 30 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Crotalus lutosus → Great Basin rattlesnake – (as per Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(fauna)#Use_the_most_common_name_when_possible) The common name "Great Basin rattlesnake" unambiguously refers to this taxon. Hence article should be at common name. The current material at Great Basin rattlesnake is misleading and should be over-written as it is incorrect. That page's article creator cites the name is used for two other taxa Crotalus oreganus and Crotalus viridis, however looking online it seems as though this was because the taxon lutosus was considered a subspecies of each of these species in the past. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:04, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support - the name Great Basin rattlesnake is not only more commonly used than Crotalus lutosus, Crotalus oreganus lutosus, and Crotalus viridus lutosus (even when combined, per Google -wiki + Google Scholar), there is also disagreement as to whether this taxon is a species or subspecies, and placement at a non-scientific name would help frame the article for that discussion. Hyperik ⌜talk⌟ 18:48, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support as above, both the naming conventions and unambiguity due to uncertain species status. — Jts1882 | talk 08:48, 24 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support in agreement with previous two editors. Dyanega (talk) 17:08, 24 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.