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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.
Georgia — Richard Barrett was bit by rattlesnake while handling five venomous snakes during a religious service at Wade's Chapel in Cartersville. He refused medical treatment, was taken to the pastor's home nearby the church, died approximately seven hours later. [84] August 28, 1983 Mack Ray Wolford, 39, male: Timber rattlesnake
The Northern Pacific rattlesnake is the most common rattlesnake found throughout California. There are also six other species that live mainly in the southern part of the state or desert areas.
Crotalus enyo, commonly known as the Baja California rattlesnake [3] or Lower California rattlesnake, [4] is a pit viper species native to the coast and islands of northwestern Mexico. Like all other pit vipers, it is venomous. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here. [5]
Dr. Rais Vohra of California Poison Control stands to the left as Steven Sharp, Zoological Animal Manager for the Fresno Chaffee Zoo cautions about rattlesnake encounters during an exhibition at ...
The most common is the western rattlesnake, which can be found from sea level to elevations of 7,000 feet, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Rattlesnakes can be ...
Klauber LM (1971). "Classification, distribution and biology of the venomous snakes of northern Mexico, the United States and Canada: Crotalus and Sistrurus". pp. 115–156. In: Bucherl, Wolfgang; Buckley, Eleanore E. (1971). Venomous Animals and Their Venoms, Volume II, Venomous Vertebrates. New York: Academic Press. 687 pp. ISBN 978-0-12 ...
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.