Photo of a Yucatan Neotropical Rattlesnake (Crotalus tzabcan)
Photo: tomfire, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Yucatan Neotropical Rattlesnake

Crotalus tzabcan

Venom
Venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Pit Viper
Family
Viperidae
Genus
Crotalus
Continents
North America
Countries
3
How common
Common

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About

Yucatan Neotropical Rattlesnake (Crotalus tzabcan) is a venomous pit viper of the family Viperidae, found in Belize, Guatemala, Mexico. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical dry forest and 8 more. Common: recorded in 285 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.

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