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Tamaulipan Rock Rattlesnake

Crotalus morulus

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) pcarreyes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

24 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 2, February 1, March 4, April 3, May 18, June 9, July 17, August 16, September 9, October 19, November 3, December 1.
Mexico102
Nuevo Leon68
Tamaulipas23
Coahuila de Zaragoza11

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

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