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Common names: southwestern speckled rattlesnake, [2] Mitchell's rattlesnake, [3] more. Crotalus pyrrhus is a venomous pitviper species [2] found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. A medium-sized snake, it is found mostly in rocky country, active at night and feeding on small mammals. The coloration is variable and ...
Common names: speckled rattlesnake, [3] Mitchell's rattlesnake, [4] white rattlesnake [5] Crotalus mitchellii is a venomous pit viper species in the family Viperidae.The species is endemic to the Southwestern United States and adjacent northern Mexico.
Crotalus angelensis, or the Ángel de la Guarda Island speckled rattlesnake, [3] is a pit viper species [4] [5] endemic to Isla Ángel de la Guarda in the Gulf of California, Mexico. [5] Like all other pitvipers, it is venomous. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Crotalus mitchellii. [1]
Habitat: Heavily wooded coastal plains; they also love streams and den sites such as stumps, holes and burrows. Many have been found in barns as well. Threat: Timber Rattlesnakes are fairly common ...
Angel de la Guarda Island speckled rattlesnake: Isla Ángel de la Guarda in the Gulf of California, Mexico C. aquilus: Klauber, 1952 0 Querétaro dusky rattlesnake The highlands of central Mexico: Guanajuato, Hidalgo State of Mexico, Michoacán, and San Luis Potosí: C. armstrongi: Campbell, 1979 0 Western dusky rattlesnake Mexico: Jalisco and ...
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.
The timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) is Kentucky’s largest venomous snake and can reach 5 feet in length, though there are reports of it growing as long as 7 feet, according to the ...
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.