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Rattlesnakes are venomous snakes that form the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus [ 1 ] of the subfamily Crotalinae (the pit vipers). All rattlesnakes are vipers. Rattlesnakes are predators that live in a wide array of habitats, hunting small animals such as birds and rodents. Rattlesnakes receive their name from the rattle located at the end of ...
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. It is likely responsible for the majority of snakebite fatalities in northern Mexico ...
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. Currently, two subspecies are recognized, including the prairie rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis viridis), the nominate subspecies, and the Hopi ...
The timber rattlesnake, canebrake rattlesnake, or banded rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) [6] is a species of pit viper endemic to eastern North America. Like all other pit vipers, it is venomous, with a very toxic bite. [7] C. horridus is the only rattlesnake species in most of the populous Northeastern United States and is second only to its ...
Taxonomy and naming. 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."
Crotalus oreganus oreganus – Ashton & de Queiroz, 2001 [ 3 ] 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.
Crotalus. This article is about the genus of snakes. For the liturgical rattle, see Crotalus (instrument). 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 ]
Eastern diamondback rattlesnake at the Saint Louis Zoo Detail of rattle. The eastern diamondback rattlesnake is the largest rattlesnake species and is one of the heaviest known species of venomous snake, with one specimen shot in 1946 measuring 2.4 m (7.8 ft) in length and weighing 15.4 kg (34 lb).