Western diamondback rattlesnake

Crotalus atrox · Viperidae

The western diamondback rattlesnake or western diamond-backed rattlesnake, is a rattlesnake species and member of the viper family, found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Like all other rattlesnakes and all other vipers, it is venomous. S.

Where the Western diamondback rattlesnake lives

Recorded in United States of America and Mexico (North America).

Most records fall in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Sonora, Nuevo León and Oklahoma.

See the Western diamondback rattlesnake’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 28,324 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.