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In New York, timber rattlesnakes are "extirpated at 26% of historically known dens, and nearly extirpated at another 5%". [61] Brown (1984, 1988) suggested denning populations in New York have been reduced by 50 to 75% of their historical numbers. In Massachusetts, the snakes are active from mid-May to mid-October. [62]
Massasauga or Timber rattlesnake (Likely) New York — Richardson Cemetery (Town of Springport, NY) [142] 1791 Unknown person Timber rattlesnake: Massachusetts — This was the last fatal snakebite in the state. [143] August 28, 1790 Child, 5 or 6: Timber rattlesnake: Massachusetts — A child was bitten by a rattlesnake, and died the next day ...
The northernmost population of eastern timber rattlesnakes, an endangered species in New York, inhabits rocky outcrops in the Split Rock Wild Forest. The majority of land in the Wildway is privately owned and at risk to land subdivision and habitat fragmentation.
These are timber rattlesnakes, a species of rattlesnake native to the East Coast. While timber rattlesnakes are considered endangered in Massachusetts these days, that wasn't always the case.
William “Marty” Martin, a renowned snake researcher who dedicated his life’s work to the study of timber rattlesnakes, died last week after he was bitten by a snake on the property of his ...
Timber rattlesnakes can be found in most of Pennsylvania except the far northwestern and southeastern parts of the state. “They are in 51 of our 67 counties,” Urban said.
Snake Hill, Stillwater — an outcrop on the east side of the lake named for timber rattlesnakes that denned there until their extirpation in the mid-1800s; this was the only known rattlesnake den to have ever occurred in Saratoga County. The county placed a bounty on rattlesnakes from 1948 to 1950, after the snakes were extirpated. [9]
The timber rattlesnake, or Cortalus horridus, is a large venomous snake residing in the eastern United States, according to the Smithsonian's National Zoo.They primarily eat small to medium-sized ...