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  • English
    • Timber Rattlesnake
    • Canebrake Rattlesnake
    • Cane-brake rattlesnake
  • Scientific names
    • Crotalus horridus
    • Crotalus atricaudatus
    • Crotalus horridus atricaudatus
    • Crotalus horridus horridus
  • German
    • Wald-Klapperschlange

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Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus

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coachwhipbooks

Date

May 20, 2011

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Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus

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mrtea630

Date

Jun 10, 2013

Place

(Somewhere...)

Description

This was even a larger Timber Rattlesnake from the one that I spotted a few weeks ago. It was only about 100 feet from the same location as the previous one had been spotted.

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Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus

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mrtea630

Date

May 26, 2013

Place

(Somewhere...)

Description

Was such a beautiful snake. It's belly was full so had obviously just eaten something.

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muir

Date

May 31, 2013 08:56 PM EDT

Description

Two rattlers observed crossing road, on warm early summer night.

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Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus

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nerodiasipedon14

Date

May 16, 2013 12:38 PM EDT

Place

I-90 W, Westfield, Massachusetts, US (Google, OSM)

Description

Basking on rock collected

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Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus

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nerodiasipedon14

Date

May 16, 2013 12:09 PM EDT

Place

I-90 W, Westfield, Massachusetts, US (Google, OSM)

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eligar7

Date

the past

Place

Kansas (Google, OSM)

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connor22

Date

May 13, 2013

Place

(Somewhere...)

Description

DOR

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What

Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus

Observer

crepuscular

Date

May 12, 2013 11:00 AM CDT

Description

"Canebrake" rattlesnake feels like a more appropriate term for this area.

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mkoch

Date

Apr 27, 2013

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toby

Date

Jun 17, 2010

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greglasley

Date

May 20, 1971

Description

This record gleaned from field journals I kept between 1968 and 2002. The first 6500+ records I posted on iNat had photo documentation, but now I am posting these records which do not have photos just to provide the data point for the species and location as best as I can for the historical record. I will also add a number to represent the approximate number of individuals of this species I recorded on the given day if more than one.

In my old journals this location is only recorded as "near Westlake, Bleckley County, Georgia". In the late 60s there was an area of abandoned buildings in a rural setting where we regularly hunted snakes. There were several nearby creeks, brushy fields, lots of scattered tin roofing on the ground, etc. I'm sure the area is populated with humanity now. The location is shown as close as I can get to the original location.
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Description from Wikipedia

Crotalus horridus is a species of venomous pitviper found in the eastern United States. This is the only rattlesnake species in most of the populous northeastern United States and was featured prominently in the American Revolution, specifically as the symbol of the first Continental Navy in the First Navy Jack. No subspecies are currently recognized.

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Conservation Summary

Source: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/spatial-data. Downloaded March 2011.