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The tiger rattlesnake, aka tiger rattler, is a species of venomous pit viper that hails from the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. The genus name Crotalus is Latin (hailing from the Greek krotalon) meaning “rattle”, “bell”, or “castanet” and their specific name tigris, (coming from the Latin name for […]

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The black-tailed rattlesnake, aka green rattler or northern black-tailed rattlesnake, dwells in Mexico and southwestern United States. These rattlers face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments, farming, and ranching; division of habitats via roads and railroads, that can result in vehicle […]

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The red diamond rattlesnake, aka red rattlesnake or red diamond snake, can be found in southwestern California and Baja California. These pit vipers face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of farming, ranching, residential, and commercial developments; hunting; and trapping. Even through these adversities they are […]

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The Santa Catalina rattlesnake hails only from Isla Santa Catalina in the Gulf of California. These rattlers are unique in that they lack a rattle at the end of their tail. These vipers face the threats of hunting; trapping, for distribution via the illegal pet trade; disturbances from recreational activities; […]

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The Grand Canyon pink rattlesnake, aka Grand Canyon rattlesnake or canyon bleached rattlesnake, hails only from the Grand Canyon region of Arizona and Utah in the United States. These snakes face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments, and agriculture; hunting; and […]

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The great basin rattlesnake is a smaller species of venomous pit viper which dwells in California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming. They are a subspecies of the western, aka prairie rattlesnake. Due to a lack of major threats and a stable population these vipers are listed as Least Concern […]

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The Northern Pacific rattlesnake, aka western rattlesnake, can be found from Canada, through the western United States, and into Mexico. They prefer brush habitats, grasslands, prairies, and sometimes woods, forests – along streams, rocky ledges, and also caves. Even though they face the threats of habitat loss at the hands […]

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The timber rattlesnake can be found from southern Minnesota and even southern New Hampshire, down south to northern Florida and eastern Texas, in the United States. They prefer deciduous forests with rugged terrain, floodplains, wet pine flatwoods, swampy areas, lowland cane thickets, hydric hammocks, hardwood forests, and even cultivated areas. […]

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The midget faded rattlesnake, aka faded rattlesnake or yellow rattlesnake, hails from Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah, in the United States. They prefer rocky hillsides, cliff-faces, slopes with a great deal of crevices & rock cover, and sage-brush thicket habitats. Their greatest threat is habitat destruction, due to mining and the […]

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The pygmy rattlesnake, aka eastern pygmy rattlesnake, leaf rattler, ground rattlesnake, or death rattler, is the smallest known species of rattlesnake in the world. They can be found throughout North Carolina, south through Florida and west to Oklahoma, and Eastern Texas in the United States. With their abundant population and […]

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