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Basic information
Crotalus horridus
Cane-brake Rattlesnake
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderAmphisbaenians
FamilyViper
GenusRattlesnakes
- Czech name
- Chřestýš lesní
- English name
- Cane-brake Rattlesnake
- Alternative names
- Cane-brake rattlesnake (atricaudatus), Canebrake, Canebrake Rattlesnake, Timber rattlesnake, Timber rattlesnake (atricaudatus), Wald-Klapperschlange (atricaudatus)
- Synonyms
- Crotalinus cyanurus, Crotalus atricaudatus, Crotalus catesbaei, Crotalus horridus atricaudatus, Crotalus zetazomae
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- City, Forest, Mountain, Mountain pass, Prairie, River valley, Valley, Wetland
- Microhabitat
- Fossorial and/or ground-dwelling only, Terrestrial, Woodland canopy
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 1,892 mm
- SVL
- max 946 mm
- Body mass
- max 3,333 g
- Hatchling mass
- ~20 g
- Offspring total length
- max 300 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 37 years
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Diet
- Birds, Carnivore, Mammals
- Foraging mode
- Ambush
- Body temperature
- 21.2–31.7 °C
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 4–5.5 years
- Reproductive mode
- Viviparous
- Clutch size
- 1–20 individuals
- Clutches per year
- 0–1 × per year
Health and safety
- Venomous
- Yes
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · ZPBS · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 12615 · dryad-v5