rattlesnakes
Tail-shaking desert serpents
Rattlesnakes is the plural of rattlesnake, a venomous pit viper native to the Americas, named for the segmented rattle at the end of its tail.
The rattle produces a distinctive warning buzz when the snake feels threatened: We heard rattlesnakes before we saw them.
Rattlesnakes range from the timber rattlesnake of eastern forests to the diamondbacks of the desert Southwest.
Injected animal poison
- fangsSharp piercing teeth
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- pit viperHeat-sensing venomous snake
- coiledArranged in spirals
striking · desert · reptile · predator · camouflage · ambush · rodents · prairie
Reptile with lozenge-shaped scales
- sidewinderSnake that moves diagonally
- timberWood for construction
- MojaveSouthwestern American desert
- prairieOpen grassy flatland
pygmy · western · eastern · canebrake · speckled · rock · blacktail · banded
Continuous low drone
- hissSharp sibilant sound
- keratinStructural hair protein
- segmentsSeparate parts of something
- tailRear animal appendage
vibration · warning signal · shake · distinctive · audible · clicking · alarm · deterrent
Pierce with teeth
- venomousProducing injected toxins
- warningAlert about danger
- deadlyAble to cause expiration
- toxicCapable of causing harm
antivenin · envenomation · hemotoxin · fang marks · swelling · emergency · caution · avoidance
Rattlesnake liberty banner
- American SouthwestDry western U.S. region
- Western filmsMovies set in frontier America
- cowboyMounted cattle herder
- frontierEdge of settlement
tribal art · Hopi · Mexican · roadside attraction · tattoo · rugged · Americana
venom
Injected animal poison
coiled · striking · desert · reptile · predator · camouflage · ambush · rodents · prairie · rocky
diamondback
Reptile with lozenge-shaped scales
- sidewinderSnake that moves diagonally
- timberWood for construction
- MojaveSouthwestern American desert
prairie · pygmy · western · eastern · canebrake · speckled · rock · blacktail · banded · red diamond
buzz
Continuous low drone
tail · vibration · warning signal · shake · distinctive · audible · clicking · alarm · deterrent · frequency
bite
Pierce with teeth
toxic · antivenin · envenomation · hemotoxin · fang marks · swelling · emergency · caution · avoidance · boots
Gadsden flag
Rattlesnake liberty banner
- American SouthwestDry western U.S. region
- Western filmsMovies set in frontier America
- cowboyMounted cattle herder
frontier · tribal art · Hopi · Mexican · roadside attraction · tattoo · rugged · Americana
- TexasAlamo, Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio
- snakescobra, anaconda, boa, viper, python
- Great PlainsGreat Plains, high plains, High Plains, grassland, grasslands
- Joshua TreeJoshua trees, yuccas, yucca, rock formations, Mojave Desert
- reptileslizard, turtle, crocodile, alligator, python
- Dangerous Creaturessharks, lions, tigers, crocodiles, bears
rattlesnakesconstrictors
Snakes killing by compression
pythons · boas · anacondas · boa constrictors · ball pythons
rattlesnakesambush predators
Creatures that attack unexpectedly
mambas · black mambas · taipans · vipers · cobras
rattlesnakesgarter snakes
Small striped serpents
garden snakes · corn snakes · milk snakes · grass snakes · kingsnakes
- rattlesnake biteToxic serpent puncture wound
- diamondback rattlesnakeVenomous American pit-viper
- timber rattlesnakeVenomous North American pit viper
- rattlesnake venomToxic fang secretion