Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake
Crotalus pyrrhus
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- C. pyrrhus – Yuma Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- C. pyrrhus – Yuma Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- C. pyrrhus – Yuma Co, AZ – photo by Bill White
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- C. pyrrhus – Yuma Co, AZ – photo by Ben Stupavsky
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- C. pyrrhus – Yavapai Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- C. pyrrhus – Yavapai Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- C. pyrrhus – Yavapai Co, AZ – photo by Randy Babb
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- C. pyrrhus – Yavapai Co, AZ – photo by Lee Hull
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- C. pyrrhus consuming Whiptail Lizard – Riverside Co, CA – photo by Rich Rang
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- C. pyrrhus – Riverside Co, CA – photo by James D. Bear
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- C. pyrrhus – Maricopa Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- C. pyrrhus – Maricopa Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- C. m. pyrrhus – Maricopa Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- C. m. pyrrhus – Maricopa Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- C. pyrrhus – Maricopa Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- C. m. pyrrhus – Maricopa Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- C. m. pyrrhus – Maricopa Co, AZ – photo by Andrew T. Holycross, AzPARC
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- C. m. pyrrhus – Arizona – photo by Will Wells
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe – SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Crotalus pyrrhus occurs in southern California, western Arizona, southeastern Nevada and in extreme southwestern Utah
LEGAL STATUS: Crotalus pyrhus is offered protection only in the State of Utah as a Species of Concern.
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Crotalus pyrrhus (Cope – 1867)
Genus: Crotalus, Greek – krotalon = a rattle ref. rattle on tail
Species: pyrrhus, Greek – pyrrhos = flame colored, reddish – pos. ref. to color of type specimen
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962