Photo of a San Esteban Island Rattlesnake (Crotalus estebanensis)
Photo: Anibal Díaz de la Vega, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

San Esteban Island Rattlesnake

Crotalus estebanensis

Venom
Venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Pit Viper
Family
Viperidae
Genus
Crotalus
Continents
North America
Countries
1
How common
Rare

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About

San Esteban Island Rattlesnake (Crotalus estebanensis) is a venomous pit viper of the family Viperidae, found in Mexico. It lives in habitats such as subtropical dry forest, scrub forest, thorn forest, forest edges and 7 more. Rare: recorded in only 1 place on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

Habitats

Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.

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