Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Crotalus viridis (Common names: prairie rattlesnake, [3] [4] Great Plains rattlesnake, [5]) is a venomous pit viper species native to the western United States, southwestern Canada, and northern Mexico.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
Crotalus_viridis_02_(cropped).jpg (524 × 367 pixels, file size: 53 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.
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]
Paraglider catches dog chasing birds on top of Great Pyramid of Giza Pups take to water to catch waves before big competition Overweight 38-pound kitty is on a health journey
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 generic name Crotalus is derived from the Greek word κρόταλον krótalοn, which means "rattle" or "castanet", and refers to the rattle on the end of the tail, which makes this group (genera Crotalus and Sistrurus) so distinctive. [3] As of July 2023, 44 [4] to 53 [5] species are recognized as valid.
Video of a timber rattlesnake shaking its rattle The rattle serves as a warning for predators of the rattlesnake. [ 53 ] The rattle is composed of a series of hollow, interlocked segments made of keratin , which are created by modifying the scales that cover the tip of the tail.