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The Gadsden flag depicting a Timber rattlesnake. The timber rattlesnake was designated the state reptile of West Virginia in 2008. [49] That state's legislature praised "...a proud contribution by the eighth grade class at Romney Middle School, from West Virginia's oldest county, in West Virginia's oldest town, to have been instrumental in ...
Virginia valeriae: Colubridae: Secure (S5) Eastern copperhead: Agkistrodon contortix: Viperidae: Secure (S5) Northern cottonmouth: Agkistrodon piscivorus: Viperidae: Vulnerable (S3) Timber rattlesnake: Crotalus horridus: Viperidae: Apparently secure (S4)
Image displaying the topographical differences between two roughly parallel ridges along Virginia's western border: one is the backbone of Shenandoah National Park (right), and the other is Massanutten Mountain (middle/left). Both rise above the Shenandoah Valley's rolling lowlands, with Massanutten dividing the valley roughly in half.
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.
Three types of rattlesnakes in NC. There are three rattlesnake species in North Carolina: Timber “Canebrake” Rattlesnake, Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake and the Carolina Pigmy Rattlesnake ...
For the timber rattlesnake (West Virginia), the IUCN notes the animal as losing range in many parts of the northeastern U.S., but because the animal is numerous in the southern Appalachians, it is also Least Concern. [55] The IUCN status of state reptiles at the genus level is ambiguous.
This is a checklist of American reptiles found in Northern America, based primarily on publications by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). [1] [2] [3] It includes all species of Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States including recently introduced species such as chameleons, the Nile monitor, and the Burmese python.
Compared to the timber rattlesnake, it’s much smaller, reaching only about 1 to 2 feet in length. ... In Kentucky, the pygmy rattlesnake has a very limited range and is only found in the Land ...