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Crotalus viridis (Prairie rattlesnake)

Synonyms: Crotalinus viridis; Crotalus confluentus nuntius; Crotalus lecontei; Crotalus viridis viridis

Wikipedia Abstract

Crotalus viridis (Common names: prairie rattlesnake, western rattlesnake, Great Plains rattlesnake, and others) is a venomous pit viper species native to the western United States, southwestern Canada, and northern Mexico. Currently, two subspecies are recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.
View Wikipedia Record: Crotalus viridis

Infraspecies

Crotalus viridis nuntius (Hopi rattlesnake)

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  3.631 lbs (1.647 kg)
Litter Size [1]  8
Maximum Longevity [1]  24 years

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Predators

Aquila chrysaetos (Golden Eagle)[4]
Bubo virginianus (Great Horned Owl)[4]
Canis latrans (Coyote)[2]
Circus cyaneus (Northern Harrier)[2]
Taxidea taxus (American Badger)[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2The Sagebrush Sea by Cornell Lab of Ornithology
♦ 3Diet of the Prairie Rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis viridis, in Southeastern Alberta, Margaret M. A. Hill, G. Lawrence Powell, and Anthony P. Russell, Canadian Field-Naturalist 115(2): 241-246 (2001)
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0