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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 nominate subspecies described here. [4]
The California kingsnake (Lampropeltis californiae) is a nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to the western United States and northern Mexico, and is found in a variety of habitats. Due to ease of care and a wide range of color variations, the California kingsnake is one of the most popular snakes in captivity.
C. ruber, like most rattlesnakes, frequently prey on lizards and small mammals such as mice, rats, and squirrels. C. ruber also is known to eat frogs, toads, birds, and other snakes. The restricted diet of the Santa Catalina Rattlesnake compared to its sister species is likely due to the limited prey diversity on the island. [14]
The current estimate is that nearly 2,000,000 of these snakes exist within all the habitat they occupy in southern California, and in light of the DNA analysis by Rodriguez-Robles (1999) which lumps L. z. pulchra with L. z. parvirubra, the probable population exceeds 5 million snakes. Most of those serpents live within terrain that is roadless ...
Banded water snake Phyllorhynchus decurtatus: Western leaf-nosed snake Pituophis catenifer: Gopher snake Rhinocheilus lecontei: Long-nosed snake Salvadora hexalepis: Western patch-nosed snake Sonora semiannulata: Western ground snake Tantilla hobartsmithi: Southwestern blackhead snake Tantilla planiceps: Western black-headed snake Thamnophis ...
Paddle-tailed sea snakes prey on fish eggs extracted from coral reef crevices. Some tree snakes have specialized jaws to extract snails from their shells, and use special chemicals to "de-slime" them.
Western rattlesnakes’ venom stuns or kills their prey such as mice, squirrels, rabbits, woodrats and marmots. ... state. Garter snakes can bite or strike humans if they feel threatened. Small ...
The forests of Northern California are home to many animals, for instance the American black bear.There are between 25,000 and 35,000 black bears in the state. [6]The forests in northern parts of California have an abundant fauna, which includes for instance the black-tailed deer, black bear, gray fox, North American cougar, bobcat, and Roosevelt elk.