The eastern diamondback is the largest venomous snake in North America, with a North Carolina specimen of eight feet being the record.
This snake is found from North Carolina to Louisiana, but it is rare in those two states. Usually found in coastal pine forests, and will share burrows with gopher tortoises.
Both te eastern and western diamondbacks are from the crotalus genus:Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake - Crotalus adamanteusWestern Diamondback Rattlesnake - Crotalus atrox
No, eastern diamondbacks have a banded black and white tail.
Western diamondbacks live in the southwestern United States and Mexico while eastern diamondbacks live in the southeastern states.
Yes, eastern diamondbacks primarily eat small mammals, such as mice, rats, rabbits, etc., and birds.
Because they play in Arizona and diamondbacks are a type of rattlesnake that live in Arizona.
Because they play in Arizona and diamondbacks are a type of rattlesnake that live in Arizona.
Common names include eastern diamondback rattlesnake, eastern diamond-backed rattlesnake, eastern diamondback, diamond rattlesnake, diamond-back rattlesnake, common rattlesnake, diamond-back, diamond(-patch) rattler, eastern diamond-back (rattlesnake), eastern diamond rattlesnake, Florida diamond-back (rattlesnake), Florida rattlesnake, lozenge-spotted rattlesnake, rattler, rattlesnake, southeastern diamond-backed rattlesnake, southeastern diamond-backed rattler, southern woodland rattler, water rattle, water rattlesnake, and diamondback rattlesnake.
The eastern diamondback is larger than the timber rattlesnake, and they would probably ignore each other in the wild.
The Arizona Diamondbacks are a professional baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. The name Diamondbacks came from the Western Diamondback, a rattlesnake native to the State of Arizona.
Eastern diamondback rattlesnakes do not live in the desert. Western diamondbacks do.
In the genus sistrurus, some species only reach 1 and a half feet in length. In the genus crotalus, some Eastern Diamondbacks reach 7 feet (although this is very uncommon).
Western diamondbacks live in the southwestern United States and Mexico while eastern diamondbacks live in the southeastern states.