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The timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus), ... and the average fecundity is 7.7 offspring per litter. Nonviable offspring were found in 20% of the field litters ...
Rattlesnake fangs are connected by venom ducts to large venom glands near the outer edge of the upper jaw, towards the rear of the head. When the rattlesnake bites, muscles on the sides of the venom glands contract to squeeze the venom through the ducts and into the fangs. When the fangs are not in use, they remain folded against the palate ...
In most female mammals the average litter size is about half the number of mammae. [1] Presumably this enables females to successfully nurse litters even if some mammae fail to produce milk. Naked mole-rats break this "one-half rule" – field caught and lab born litters averaged 11 to 12 pups, and numbers of mammae on wild and captive females ...
Someone had put cotton balls in the box so postal workers wouldn’t hear the snake's rattle, the 60-year-old truck driver said. “That’s attempted murder, if you ask me,” he said.
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The western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox), for example, is the most common rattlesnake in Texas. It can be found nearly everywhere in the state, except in a few of the far eastern regions.
Eastern diamondback rattlesnake at the Saint Louis Zoo Detail of rattle. The eastern diamondback rattlesnake is the largest rattlesnake species and is one of the heaviest known species of venomous snake, with one specimen shot in 1946 measuring 2.4 m (7.8 ft) in length and weighing 15.4 kg (34 lb).
Sistrurus miliarius, commonly called the pygmy rattlesnake, is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Crotalinae (pit vipers) of the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to the Southeastern United States .