#1622 · 🦎 reptiles

Western Rattlesnake

🇳🇱 Western rattlesnake ·Crotalus oreganus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Yinan Li · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Tony Iwane · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © wasatch_hunter · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Calero County Park:© codyvo75 · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Sutter, CA, US:© pbsands · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Clear Lake State Park, Kelseyville, CA, US:© jrmorris · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Little Fishermans Cove, Avalon, CA 90704, USA:© Benjamin J. Dion · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
8. Grand County, UT, USA:© suebhon · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Tulare County, CA, USA:© Kolin Campbell · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Johnsrud Park Rd, Bonner, MT 59823, USA:© Emily Lind · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Crotalus oreganus is a venomous pit viper species found in North America in the western United States, parts of British Columbia, and northwestern Mexico. Seven subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 39,399iNaturalist 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.
39,399 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by John Edwards Holbrook in 1840 (186 years ago).