#1749 · 🦎 reptiles

Red Diamond Rattlesnake

🇳🇱 Rode diamantratelslang ·Crotalus ruber

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © BJ Stacey · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © BJ Stacey · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © scorpionhawk · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Irelandrbi · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Orange County, CA, USA:© Matthew Ferretti · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Cleveland National Forest, Jamul, CA, US:© Amy Huie · CC BY 4.0
7. Riverside County, US-CA, US:© Nicholas Hess · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Sierra La Laguna, B.C.S., México:© Osiel Flores · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Sycamore Canyon Wilderness Park, 里弗赛德, CA, US:© Jason Guo 郭紫宸 · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Elfin Forest Recreational Reserve, Escondido, CA, US:© Patricia Vasquez · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

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

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,261iNaturalist 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.
6,261 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Edward Drinker Cope in 1892 (134 years ago).