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Texas rattlesnake

Crotalus atrox

Texas rattlesnake Zoom in

Class: Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order: Squamoses (Squamata)
Suborder: Snakes (Serpentes)
Family: Viperids (Viperidae)


  • Lives in desert
  • Eats vertebrates
  • Is active at night
  • Ovoviviparous animal
  • Venomous

  • It is distributed on the south of the USA, in northern Mexico.
  • The life span is up to 30 years.
  • One of the largest rattlesnakes, attains the length up to 2 m. It is considered the most dangerous rattlesnake in North America. A bite of this large snake which has a strong venom often leads to a lethal result. The venom is of a mixed action, it influences the processes of respiration and circulation of the blood. The bitten victim dies within only a few seconds. By the sound of the rattle the snake frightens off predators, specimens of its own species and humans


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