Photo of a Twin-spotted Rattlesnake (Crotalus pricei)
Photo: Juan Carlos Pérez Magaña, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Twin-spotted Rattlesnake

Crotalus pricei

Venom
Venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Pit Viper
Family
Viperidae
Genus
Crotalus
Continents
North America
Countries
2
How common
Common

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About

Twin-spotted Rattlesnake (Crotalus pricei) is a venomous pit viper of the family Viperidae, found in Mexico, United States. It lives in habitats such as tropical dry forest, temperate coniferous forest, subtropical dry forest, pine forest and 28 more. Common: recorded in 101 places 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.

Related snakes

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