Red Diamond Rattlesnake
Crotalus ruber
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- C. ruber – Imperial Co, CA – photo by Will Wells
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- C. ruber – Riverside Co, CA – photo by Diego Ortiz
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- C. ruber – Riverside Co, CA – photo by Lee Hull
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- C. ruber – Riverside Co, CA – photo by Lee Hull
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- C. ruber – Riverside Co, CA – photo by Lee Hull
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- C. ruber – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Kent VanSooy
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- C. ruber – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Kent VanSooy
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- C. ruber – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Lee Hull
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- C. ruber – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Lee Hull
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Crotalus ruber occurs in southern California in southern Los Angeles County, Orange County, western Riverside County, San Diego County and extreme western Imperial County.
LEGAL STATUS: Crotalus ruber is protected as a California Species of Special Concern.
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Crotalus ruber (Cope 1892)
Genus: Crotalus, Greek – krotalon = a rattle ref. rattle on tail
Species: ruber, Latin = red
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962