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The timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus), also known commonly as the canebrake rattlesnake and the banded rattlesnake, [6] is a species of pit viper in the family Viperidae. The species is native to the eastern United States.
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 ...
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.
Southern Pacific rattlesnake SW California, Baja California, Mexico C. horridus T: Linnaeus, 1758 0 Timber rattlesnake The eastern United States from southern Minnesota and southern Maine, south to east Texas and north Florida, in southern Canada in southern Ontario: C. intermedius: Troschel, 1865 2 Mexican small-headed rattlesnake
The Northern Pacific rattlesnake, or Western rattlesnake, lives in central Califonia all the way up through Oregon, Washington, western Idaho, and British Columbia.
Of the 6 venomous snake species native to N.C., 3 are rattlesnakes – pigmy, timber & Eastern diamondback. Each one is protected by the North Carolina Endangered Species Act.
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).
The timber rattlesnake is one of two venomous snakes found in Connecticut — the other being the northern copperhead — and is extremely rare, according to the Connecticut Department of Energy ...