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Timber Rattlesnake
Crotalus horridus
Description
Terrestrial; heavy body, yellow to gray or light brown; black crossbands or blunt chevrons bordered with cream; tan to rusty vertebral band; belly white to cream with dark pigmentation heavier toward the tail; triangular head, heat-sensing pits, elliptical pupils; the tail ends with rattles; babies are grayish and much less bright than adults
Stats
Size
48 - 72 inches
Status
Endangered
Similar Species
Massasauga
Diet
Squirrels, chipmunks and other small mammals, birds
Habitat
High, dry ridges
Reproduction
Live bearing - up to 15 babies are born in September/October
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