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Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus)
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Photograph by elvissa / Tricia. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
EASTERN DIAMONDBACK RATTLESNAKE FACTS
DescriptionThe Eastern Diamondback is a large dangerous snake - the venom can kill humans. The mortality rate from a full bite is about 40 percent. This rattlesnake is a bulky snake with a large head. There is a row of large dark diamond shapes with brown centers and cream borders along the back. The background body color varies from olive, to brown, to almost black. The tail is brown or gray and banded with dark rings with a rattle at the end. The head has a dark stripe through the eye. The young are similar to the adults in color pattern. The tip of the tail of a newborn diamondback ends in a button which grows into the rattle as it ages. Size Length 0.9m - 1.8m. Maximum length 2.4m. One of the largest North American snakes. Environment palmetto flatwoods, dry pinelands Food small mammals, such as mice and rabbits. Also birds. Breeding Six to twenty-one live young are born after gestation period of 6 - 7 months. The young are born in abandoned animal burrow or hollow log. The baby snakes are about 38cm long at birth. Range coastal lowlands, ranging from southeast North Carolina to eastern Louisiana, and throughout Florida Notes Bite symptoms include pain, swelling, weakness, breathing difficulty, weak pulse, heart failure, shock and sometimes convulsion. Classification
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