#1793 · 🦎 reptiles

Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake

🇳🇱 Crotalus mitchellii pyrrhus ·Crotalus pyrrhus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Yinpeng Zhang · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Yinan Li · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © BJ Stacey · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Zach Lim · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Gerry Salmon · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Nicholas Pollock · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico:© Christian Schwarz · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Waddell, AZ 85355, USA:© Don Haven · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. California, US:© pv137 · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, Mohave County, US-AZ, US:© brandon_dietrich · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Crotalus mitchellii pyrrhus is a venomous pitviper subspecies found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. A medium-sized snake, it is found mostly in rocky country, active at night and feeding on small mammals. The coloration is variable and depends on the color of the rocks and soil of the habitat.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,593iNaturalist 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.
4,593 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Edward Drinker Cope in 1867 (159 years ago).