#1739 · 🦎 reptiles

Western Black-tailed Rattlesnake

Crotalus molossus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Yinan Li · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Yinan Li · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © az_loren · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Cristian Olvera · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Francisco Ramírez Jiménez · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Veracruz, MX:© El Chivizcoyo · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Arizona, US:© Yinan Li · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Chihuahua, MX:© brandon_dietrich · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Parque Nacional Bosque del Pedregal, 14738 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico:© Díaz Dulce · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
10. Cave Creek Canyon, Arizona 85632, USA:© stevewalternature · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Crotalus molossus is a venomous pit viper species found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Four subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,590iNaturalist 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.
6,590 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Spencer Fullerton Baird in 1853 (173 years ago).