Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake
Crotalus atrox
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- C. atrox – Co, TX – photo by Jason Penny
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- C. atrox – Hudspeth Co, TX – photo by Orry Martin
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- C. atrox – Lubbock Co, TX – photo by Ben Stupavsky
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- C. atrox – Maricopa Co, AZ – photo by Diego Ortiz
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- C. atrox – Maricopa Co, AZ – photo by Kris Haas
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- C. atrox – Maricopa Co, AZ – photo by Susan Keown
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- C. atrox Aberrant striped morph – Maricopa Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- C. atrox – Maricopa Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- C. atrox – Motley Co, TX – photo by Ben Stupavsky
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- C. atrox – Motley Co, TX – photo by Ben Stupavsky
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- C. atrox – New Mexico – photo by James D. Bear
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- C. atrox – Pima Co, AZ – photo by Steve Bledsoe
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- C. atrox Aberrant albino morph – Travis Co, TX – photo by D. Craig McIntyre
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- C. atrox – Webb Co, TX – photo by Gary Young
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- C. atrox – Yavapai Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- C. atrox – Yuma Co, AZ – photo by Edward Kluender
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Crotalus atrox occurs throughout the western ¾ of Texas, much of New Mexico and Arizona, and in extreme southeastern California.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Crotalus atrox (Baird & Girard – 1853)
Genus: Crotalus, Greek – krotalon = a rattle ref. rattle on tail
Species: atrox, Latin = dark, fierce, savage – ref. to sometimes savage disposition of the species
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962