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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.
Common names: Hopi rattlesnake, [2] Arizona prairie rattlesnake, prairie rattlesnake. [3]Crotalus viridis nuntius is a venomous pit viper subspecies [4] native primarily to the desert plateau of the northeastern portion of the American state of Arizona, but also ranges into northwestern New Mexico.
Crotalus oreganus, commonly known as the Western rattlesnake or northern Pacific rattlesnake, [4] [5] is a venomous pit viper species found in western North America from the Baja California Peninsula to the southern interior of British Columbia.
Prairie rattlesnake Crotalus viridis or the prairie rattlesnake Characteristics: Prairie rattlesnakes are very heavy bodied and not quite as large as timber rattlesnakes, with common range not ...
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.
It lives in the lower Yellowstone River areas of the park, including Reese Creek, Stephens Creek, and Rattlesnake Butte, where the habitat is drier and warmer than elsewhere in the park. Its behavior is usually defensive rather than aggressive. There have been only two rattlesnake bites reported during the history of the park. [2]
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Rapid habitat destruction by humans, mass killings during events such as rattlesnake round-ups, and deliberate extermination campaigns all pose threats to rattlesnake populations in many areas. Several species, such as the timber rattlesnake, massasauga , and canebrake rattlesnake, are listed as threatened or endangered in many U.S. states.