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Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake

Crotalus adamanteus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Georgia.January 53, February 58, March 54, April 79, May 64, June 39, July 33, August 31, September 42, October 48, November 36, December 45.
United States4,561
Georgia581
Alabama385
Mississippi92
South Carolina89
Louisiana66
North Carolina3
Arkansas2
Missouri2
Oregon2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Practical

  • VenomousProduces venom for defense or huntingChecked by the maintainer

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyVipers · Viperidae
GenusRattlesnakes · Crotalus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.