western diamondback rattlesnake
Also known as Western diamond-backed rattlesnake, Crotalus atrox
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西部菱背響尾蛇（学名：Crotalus atrox，western diamondback rattlesnake 或 Texas diamond-back），是世界第二大的響尾蛇，也是北美洲第二大的毒蛇，亦稱為西部菱斑響尾蛇，是出現於美國和墨西哥的一種響尾蛇。
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The western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) or western diamond-backed rattlesnake, is a rattlesnake species and member of the viper family, found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Like all other rattlesnakes and all other vipers, it is venomous. It is likely responsible for the majority of snakebite fatalities in northern Mexico and the greatest number of snakebites in the U.S. No subspecies are currently recognized.
It lives in elevations from below sea level up to 6,500 feet (2,000 m). This species ranges throughout the Southwestern United States and northern half of Mexico. Currently, western diamondback rattlesnakes are not threatened or endangered.
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CrotalusFauna of Gulf of California islandsFauna of the Colorado DesertFauna of the Mojave DesertFauna of the Sonoran DesertFauna of the Southwestern United StatesIUCN Red List least concern speciesLeast concern biota of the United StatesReptiles described in 1853Reptiles of MexicoReptiles of the United StatesTaxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird