Timber rattlesnake

Timber rattlesnake Temporal range: Miocene – Present
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Apparently Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Crotalus
Species:	C. horridus
Binomial name
Crotalus horridus Linnaeus, 1758
Timber rattlesnake range
Synonyms
List Crotalus horridus Linnaeus, 1758 Crotalus boiquira Lacépède, 1789 Crotalus atricaudatus Latreille In Sonnini & Latreille, 1801 Crotalus zetazomae Brickell, 1805 Crotalinus cyanurus Rafinesque, 1818 Crotalus catesbaei Hemprich, 1820 Crotalurus cyanurus – Rafinesque, 1820 Caudisona horrida – Fleming, 1822 Crotalus horidus Gray, 1825 (ex errore) Crotalus durissus var. concolor Jan, 1859 Crotalus durissus var. melanurus Jan, 1859 Crotalus durissus var. mexicana Jan, 1863 Crotalus fasciatus Higgins, 1873 Crotalus horridus var. atricaudatus – Garman, 1884 Crotalus horridus – Boulenger, 1896 Crotalus durissus cincolor Notestein, 1905 (ex errore) Crotalus horridus horridus – Gloyd, 1935 Crotalus horridus atricaudatus – Gloyd, 1935 Crotalus horridus – Collins & Knight, 1980

The timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus), also known commonly as the banded rattlesnake, and the canebrake rattlesnake in the southern United States, is a species of pit viper in the family Viperidae. The species is native to the eastern United States. Like all other pit vipers, it is venomous, with a very toxic bite. Its venom is extremely potent, and both hemorrhagic and neurotoxic venom are present depending on population and location. C. horridus is the only rattlesnake species in most of the populous Northeastern United States and is one of the most northerly distributed venomous snakes in North America. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.