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WESTERN DIAMOND-BACK RATTLESNAKE
Crotalus atrox
Highly Venomous - Extremely Dangerous

John Fowler & Rachel Barnes

Distribution:- USA & Mexico

Comments:- May grows to about 7ft (2.13 metres) long total length in some areas, however is usually much shorter.

The Western Diamond-back Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) is a type of Pit Viper - notice the pit below the eye and nostril.
The Western Diamond-back Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) is a type of Pit Viper - notice the pit below the eye and nostril.
Photographed at the Kerdanet Terrarium, Brittany, France


Western Diamond-back Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) photographed at the Kerdanet Terrarium, Brittany, France
Western Diamond-back Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) photographed at the Kerdanet Terrarium, Brittany, France


Western Diamond-back Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) photographed at the Kerdanet Terrarium, Brittany, France
Western Diamond-back Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) photographed at the Kerdanet Terrarium, Brittany, France


Albino Western Diamond-back Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) photographed at the Kerdanet Terrarium, Brittany, France
Albino Western Diamond-back Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) photographed at the Kerdanet Terrarium, Brittany, France



LINKS OF INTEREST

Crotalus atrox BAIRD & GIRARD, 1853 
The Reptile Database

Western Diamond-back Rattlesnake
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