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Western Diamondback Rattlesnake.The western diamondback rattlesnake.The Western Diamondback Rattlesnake. The genus Crotalus refers to rattlesnakes, and the genus Sistrurus to pygmy rattlesnakes, differentiated by size and 9 large scales on the top of their head.The Western Diamondback Rattlesnake. The genus Crotalus refers to rattlesnakes, and the genus Sistrurus to pygmy rattlesnakes, differentiated by size and 9 large scales on the top of their head.
Rattlesnakes use their fangs and venom as a defense.
The western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) lives in the deserts in the western United States.
The habitat of the rattlesnake is restricted to the western hemisphere - the Americas.
Rattlesnakes have lungs and gas exchange occurs there.
For a range map of the western diamondback rattlesnake, click on this link.
No, rattlesnakes are solitary animals except during the winter when they may share a den with a number of other snakes.
No, rattlesnakes do not migrate.
They do not live underground but will seek shelter there from intense heat or cold.
Eastern diamondback rattlesnakes do not live in the desert. Western diamondbacks do.
Diamondback rattlesnakes are very venomous.
Anywhere in their natural range they want to eat - primarily Arkansas, California and Mexico.