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Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake - Crotalus atrox
Baird and Girard, 1853
| Species Description |
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Approximate range of C. atrox
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| Adult, Webb County, Texas | Adult, Presidio County, Texas | |
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| Adult, Brewster County, Texas © Klaus Eickelmann | ||
| Habitat | ||
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| Habitat, Webb County, Texas | Habitat, Terrell County, Texas | Habitat, Presidio County, Texas |
| Short Videos and Sound | ||
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| Several views of a Cochise County, Arizona Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake rattling and taking a defensive pose with its head and tail elevated. | A Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake rattles in a defensive pose in Sierra County, New Mexico. | Listen to a Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake rattle and hiss. (This is the snake shown above in the first row, at the far right.) |
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