#1656 · 🦎 reptiles

Timber Rattlesnake

🇳🇱 Gewone ratelslang ·Crotalus horridus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Zach Lim · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © jbpeters · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © zoisrus · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Tristan Clark · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Logan Wiedenfeld · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Grayson County, TX, USA:© MJ · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Burlington County, US-NJ, US:© bobzappalorti · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. New Jersey, US:© bobbyfingers · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. North Carolina, US:© Rich Stevenson · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Essex County, ON, Canada:© John D Reynolds · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The timber rattlesnake , canebrake rattlesnake or banded rattlesnake ( Crotalus horridus ), is a species of venomous pit viper endemic to the eastern United States. This is the only rattlesnake species in most of the populous northeastern United States and is second only to its cousins to the west, the prairie rattlesnake, as the most northerly distributed venomous snake in North America. No subspecies are currently recognized.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 16,100iNaturalist 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.
16,100 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1759 (267 years ago).