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These pits have a relatively short effective range of about 1 ft (0.30 m) but give the rattlesnake a distinct advantage in hunting for warm-blooded creatures at night. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] Heat-sensing pits located in blue circle on a rattlesnake specimen: Location of the pit is the same in all Viperidae .
Brattstrom, 1954. Crotalus adamanteus. — Klauber, 1956. The eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) [4][5] is a species of pit viper in the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to the Southeastern United States. It is one of the heaviest venomous snakes in the Americas and the largest rattlesnake. No subspecies are recognized.
The western diamondback rattlesnake[ 3 ] or Texas diamond-back[ 4 ] (Crotalus atrox) is a rattlesnake species and member of the viper family, found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Like all other rattlesnakes and all other vipers, it is venomous. It is likely responsible for the majority of snakebite fatalities in northern Mexico ...
The timber rattlesnake, canebrake rattlesnake, or banded rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) [6] is a species of pit viper endemic to eastern North America. Like all other pit vipers, it is venomous, with a very toxic bite. [7] C. horridus is the only rattlesnake species in most of the populous Northeastern United States and is second only to its ...
Crotalus. This article is about the genus of snakes. For the liturgical rattle, see Crotalus (instrument). 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 oreganus oreganus – Ashton & de Queiroz, 2001 [ 3 ] Crotalus oreganus, commonly known as the Western rattlesnake or northern Pacific rattlesnake, [ 4 ][ 5 ] is a venomous pit viper species found in western North America from the Baja California Peninsula to the southern interior of British Columbia.
A Western rattlesnake, also known as Northern Pacific rattlesnake. The species is rarely found in Southern California, but a man in the Mojave Desert received one in the mail.
The Great basin rattlesnake was first formally named by Laurence Monroe Klauber in 1930 as a subspecies of Crotalus confluentus (now known as Crotalus viridis). [5] It is commonly considered a subspecies of Crotalus oreganus. [6][4] The type locality is "10 miles northwest of Abraham on the Road to Joy, Millard County, Utah."