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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thesubfamily Crotalinae —rattlesnake .
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Examples
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This was accomplished by injecting separate flocks of sheep with venom from the following North American venomous snakes: Crotalus Atrox (Western Diamondback rattlesnake), Crotalus Adamanteus (Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake), Crotalus Scutulalus (Mojave rattlesnake) and Agkistrodon Picvorus (Cottonmouth or Water Moccasin).
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It is a good sized snake, a fine specimen of a Red Diamondback, aka Crotalus Ruber, typically found in its normal range of Southern California and Baja California, Mexico.
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It is a good sized snake, a fine specimen of a Red Diamondback, aka Crotalus Ruber, typically found in its normal range of Southern California and Baja California, Mexico.
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The author at Catallarchy in a related article titled Oil of Crotalus Scutulatus writes:
Guaranteed Health Care, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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From what i could discern, this one in question was a timber rattler venomous and awesome in its own right (scientific name "Crotalus horridus", which should tell you something).
What's more fearsome in the wilds, a man eating shark, or a menacing rattle snake? 2009
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Reptiles include pit viper or urutú Bothrops alternatus, rattlesnake Crotalus durisus and Cyclagras gigas.
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This long-tailed rattlesnake cannot be confused with any other species of rattlesnake and is most similar to Crotalus stejnegeri and C. lannomi.
Archive 2008-12-01 2008
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Aruba also has two snakes: the cascabel (Crotalus thurissus unicolor), an endangered subspecies of rattlesnake, which does not use its rattle; and the Aruba cat-eyed snake (Leptodira bakeri).
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The neotropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) occurs in the dry uplands.
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Of the reptiles, several of which are at the edge of their range, three species of rattlesnake Crotalus spp. are known to occur (USDI-NPS, 1994).
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