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Specimens of the mottled rock rattlesnake (C. l. lepidus) from the Davis Mountains region often exhibit a more pink coloration, with dark-grey speckling rather than distinct banding. The banded rock rattlesnake (C. l. klauberi) gets its common name from its distinctive, clean banding, often with little speckling or mottling.
C. l. klauberi is a nocturnal, secretive snake.It spends most of its time hiding in rock crevices, and is often found in canyons, scree slopes, or man-made road cuts. . Research has shown that it does not typically travel far, and often spends its entire life on one particular slope o
Rocks offer them cover from predators, plentiful prey (e.g. rodents, lizards, insects, etc. that live amidst the rocks), and open basking areas. However, rattlesnakes can also be found in a wide variety of other habitats, including prairies , marshes , deserts , and forests . [ 9 ]
Of the 6 venomous snake species native to N.C., 3 are rattlesnakes – pigmy, timber & Eastern diamondback. Each one is protected by the North Carolina Endangered Species Act.
Rock rattlesnake may refer to: Crotalus horridus, a.k.a. the timber rattlesnake, a venomous pitviper species found in the eastern United States; Crotalus lepidus, a.k.a. the blue rattlesnake, a venomous pitviper species found in the southwestern United States and northern central Mexico
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Crotalus is a genus of pit vipers, commonly known as rattlesnakes or rattlers, [2] in the family Viperidae.The genus is found only in the Americas from southern Canada to northern Argentina. [1]
Crotalus morulus, or the Tamaulipan rock rattlesnake, is a species of rattlesnake from Mexico, closely related to and previously considered a subspecies of Crotalus lepidus. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The name morulus comes from the Latin word morus for mulberry in reference to their mottled patterns.