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The Oregon slender salamander (Batrachoseps wrightorum) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. The Oregon slender salamander is endemic to the Northwestern United States . [ 14 ] Its natural habitat is temperate forests of moist Douglas fir, maple, and red cedar woodlands in Oregon , to 3,000 feet (910 m).
California mountain kingsnake - Native to Oregon [2] Common garter snake - Native to Oregon. [3] Common kingsnake Native to Oregon [4] Gopher snake - Native to Oregon [5] Ground snake - Owyhee River [6] Night snake - Native to Oregon [7] Northwestern garter snake - Native to Oregon [8] Pacific rattlesnake- Native to Oregon [9] Racer - Native to ...
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.
Timber rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus This is a list of all sure genera, species and subspecies of the subfamily Crotalinae, [1] otherwise referred to as crotalines, pit vipers, or pitvipers, and including rattlesnakes Crotalus and Sistrurus.
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." [1]
No species of Crotalus is considered aggressive; when threatened, most retreat quickly, but most species defend themselves readily when cornered. [3] There is no consensus in the available literature about how far rattlesnakes can strike, with estimates ranging from one-third to the entire body length of the rattlesnake.
Family: Garter Snakes Colubridae. Northwestern garter snake, (Thamnophis ordinoides), is a species of colubrid snake endemic to North America. In the United States it is found in Oregon, Washington, and California; in Canada it is found in British Columbia. It is the most common snake in the park.
Rattlesnakes are venomous snakes that form the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus [1] of the subfamily Crotalinae (the pit vipers). All rattlesnakes are vipers . Rattlesnakes are predators that live in a wide array of habitats, hunting small animals such as birds and rodents.