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Basic information
Crotalus atrox
Tortuga Island Rattlesnake
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderAmphisbaenians
FamilyViper
GenusRattlesnakes
- Czech name
- Chřestýš západní
- English name
- Tortuga Island Rattlesnake
- Alternative names
- Cascabel de Diamantes, Texas-Klapperschlange, Tortuga Island Rattlesnake (tortugensis), Western Diamond-back Rattlesnake, Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake, Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, Westliche Diamantklapperschlange
- Synonyms
- Crotalus cinereous, Crotalus confluentus, Crotalus tortugensis
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Chaparral, City, Coastal, Desert, Forest, Grassland, Mountain, Prairie, Savanna, Shrubland
- Microhabitat
- Fossorial and/or ground-dwelling only, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 2,337 mm
- Body mass
- max 6,163.1 g
- Hatchling mass
- ~19.1 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 27 years
- Activity
- Cathemeral, Diurnal
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Foraging mode
- Mixed
- Body temperature
- 18–34 °C
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 3–3 years
- Reproductive mode
- Viviparous
- Clutch size
- 4–61 individuals
- Clutches per year
- ~1 × per year
- Sex determination
- Genetic sex determination
Health and safety
- Venomous
- Yes
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 6BJ5K · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 12605 · dryad-v5