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Adult Crotalus horridus, Florida Juvenile Crotalus horridus, Florida Canebrake rattlesnake, North Florida. 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.
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.
Crotalus horridus [1] Timber rattlesnake / canebrake rattlesnake [1] Venomous [1] Carphophis amoenus amoenus [1] Eastern worm snake [1] References
Long Island Sound is a large marine estuary in the Northeastern United States. It forms the maritime border between the states of New York and Connecticut.It is diverse and serves as a breeding ground to many different types of marine animal species; the following is a list of said species by scientific and/or common name.
Common names: Aruba rattlesnake, [2] Aruba island rattlesnake, [3] Cascabel (Papiamento). The Aruba Island rattlesnake (Crotalus unicolor), is a venomous pit viper species [4] endemic to the Caribbean island of Aruba, off the coast of Venezuela. It is sometimes still classified as a subspecies of Crotalus durissus.
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.
The type genus for this subfamily is Crotalus, of which the type species is the timber rattlesnake, C. horridus. [ citation needed ] These snakes range in size from the diminutive hump-nosed viper, Hypnale hypnale , that grows to a typical total length (including tail) of only 30–45 cm (12–18 in), to the bushmaster, Lachesis muta , a ...
Crotalus Crotalus adamanteus Crotalus angelensis Crotalus aquilus ... Crotalus horridus Crotalus intermedius Crotalus lannomi Crotalus lepidus Crotalus lorenzoensis