#1693 · 🦎 reptiles

Prairie Rattlesnake

🇳🇱 Prairieratelslang ·Crotalus viridis

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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9. © Andy Bridges · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Crotalus viridis (Common names: prairie rattlesnake , western rattlesnake , Great Plains rattlesnake , and others) is a venomous pit viper species native to the western United States, southwestern Canada, and northern Mexico. Currently, two subspecies are recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,396iNaturalist 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.
10,396 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1818 (208 years ago).