#1791 · 🦎 reptiles

Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake

🇳🇱 Diamantratelslang ·Crotalus adamanteus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Yinan Li · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © TJ Gehling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © natalie_likes_snakes · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © vladeb · CC BY-ND 4.0
5. © Zack · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. Florida, US:© fredturt43 · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Florida, US:© Scott Allen Davis · CC BY 4.0
8. Florida, US:© claralogsdon · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Baldwin County, US-AL, US:© bdholt · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Florida, US:© claralogsdon · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Crotalus adamanteus is a pit viper species found in the southeastern United States. It is the heaviest though not the longest venomous snake in the Americas and the largest rattlesnake. No subspecies are currently recognized.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,714iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,714 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Palisot de Beauvois in 1799 (227 years ago).