Pacific Northwest
Reptiles & Amphibians
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Western Rattlesnake - Crotalus oreganus
Great Basin Rattlesnake - Crotalus oreganus lutosus
Klauber, 1930(= Crotalus lutosus )
Yellow = C. o. lutosus
Click the map for a key to the other subspecies.
| Many of the Great Basin Rattlesnakes shown on this page were found in Nevada because I don't yet have pictures of the "pure" subspecies from Oregon, Washington, or Idaho. Part of northern Nevada is included in Alan St. John's excellent field guide "Reptiles of the Northwest" so that's another reason to include them here. They are also found on the Southwest page. Pictures of the subspecies found in California in an area also shown in St. John's book are found in the California section of the website. |
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| Adult, White Pine County, Nevada | ||
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| Adult, Washoe County, Nevada | Juvenile, Washoe County, Nevada © Don Johnson |
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| Adult, Mineral County, Nevada. © Brad Alexander |
Adult, Washoe County, Nevada | |
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| Adult, White Pine County, Nevada | Juvenile, Washoe County, Nevada © Lou Silva |
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| Den site in Washoe County, Nevada, where snakes have been seen for at least 20 years. © Tom Green - TomGreenPhotography.com |
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| Adult, Elko County © Bill Bachman | Tail and Rattle | |
| C. oreganus from Oregon Area of Intergradation with C. o. oreganus - Northern Pacific Rattlesnake | ||
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| Adult, Crook County, Oregon© Riley Frasier found approximately 20 miles northwest of the most northwesterly report of a "true" C. o. lutosus |
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| Adult, Crook County, Oregon © Riley Frasier found approximtely 50 miles northwest of the most northwesterly report of a "true" C. o. lutosus |
Adult, Crook County, Oregon © Riley Frasier found approximately 20 miles northwest of the most northwesterly report of a "true" C. o. lutosus |
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| Adult, Crook County, Oregon © Riley Frasier found approximately 50 miles northwest of the most northwesterly report of a "true" C. o. lutosus |
Adult, Crook County, Oregon © Riley Frasier found approximately 50 miles northwest of the most northwesterly report of a "true" C. o. lutosus |
Adult, Crook County, Oregon © Riley Frasier found approximately 20 miles northwest of the most northwesterly report of a "true" C. o. lutosus |
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| Adult, Crook County, Oregon © Riley Frasier |
© Riley Frasier Left: typical C. o. oreganus Right: mix with C. o. lutosus These two snakes were found only a few miles apart in Crook County, Oregon, in an area where C. oreganus varies widely - about 50 + miles northwest of where "true" C. o. lutosus is found, and about 20-30 miles southeast of "true" C. o. oreganus. |
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| Adult, Washoe County, Nevada | Adult, Washoe County, Nevada | Adult, Washoe County, Nevada |
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| Habitat, Washoe County, Nevada | Habitat, Nye County, Nevada | Habitat, White Pine County, Nevada |
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| Habitat, Elko County © Bill Bachman | ||
| Videos and Sound | ||
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| A Great Basin Rattlesnake rattles at night in the Nevada desert. | A Great Basin Rattlesnake crawls under a bush and rattles in the afternoon in eastern Siskiyou County. | Listen to a Great Basin Rattlesnake rattling. © Jeff Rice Not to be used without permission. (Listen to more recordings of this snake at the Western Soundscape Archive) |
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