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Crotalus scutulatus is known commonly as the Mohave Rattlesnake. [3] [4] Other common English names include Mojave Rattlesnake [5] [6] and, referring specifically to the nominate (northern) subspecies: Northern Mohave Rattlesnake [4] and Mojave Green Rattlesnake, [7] [5] the latter name commonly shortened to the more colloquial “Mojave green”. [8]
Crotalus cerastes, known as the sidewinder, horned rattlesnake or sidewinder rattlesnake, [3] is a pit viper species belonging to the genus Crotalus (the rattlesnakes), and is found in the desert regions of the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Like all other pit vipers, it is venomous. Three subspecies are currently recognized.
The wide range of this species overlaps, or is close to, that of many others. It may be confused with them, but differences exist. The Mojave rattlesnake (C. scutulatus), also has tail rings, but the black rings are narrow relative to the pale ones. The timber rattlesnake (C. horridus), has no tail rings.
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."
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. Rattlesnakes receive their name from the rattle located at the end of ...
Crotalus exsul exsul - Grismer, McGuire & Hollingsworth, 1994 [2] Common names: red diamond rattlesnake, red rattlesnake, red diamond snake,[3] more. Crotalus ruber is a venomous pit viper species found in southwestern California in the United States and Baja California in Mexico. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the ...
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 ]