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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 .
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.
Crotalus atrox—western diamond-back rattlesnake ; C. horridus—timber rattlesnake ; C. viridis—prairie rattlesnake ; Sistrurus tergeminus—western massasauga rattlesnake ; S. miliarius—western pygmy rattlesnake
Crotalus molossus at Herps of Texas Archived 2012-07-17 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 24 February 2007. Black-tailed Rattlesnake at Centennial Museum & Chihuahuan Desert Gardens Natural and Cultural History. Accessed 24 February 2007. Crotalus molossus, Black-tailed Rattlesnake at California Reptiles and Amphibians. Accessed 24 February 2007.
Crotalus cerastes [cerastes] – Klauber , 1944 [ 2 ] 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.
The Guiana rattlesnake, previously recognized as C. d. dryinus, [3] is now considered a synonym for C. d. durissus.In fact, after the previous nominate subspecies for the C. d. durissus complex became the current nominate for Crotalus simus, which now represents its Mexican and Central American members, C. d. dryinus became the new nominate for the South American rattlesnakes as represented by ...
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 ]
The timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus), also known commonly as the canebrake rattlesnake and the banded rattlesnake, [6] is a species of pit viper in the family Viperidae. The species is native to the eastern United States.