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Snakes
Serpentes
Reptiles
average across the group
vs
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Western diamondback rattlesnake
Crotalus atrox
Reptiles · Least concern
One clip names both of them
2,424 views between them.
Snakes outweigh Western diamondback rattlesnake 12× — 77.5 kg against 6.7 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
77 kg
🐍 Snakes · group average
6.7 kg
🐍 Western diamondback rattlesnake · AnAge
Body length
3.9 m
🐍 Snakes · group average
2.34 m
🐍 Western diamondback rattlesnake · ReptTraits
Maximum lifespan
27 yr
🐍 Snakes · group average
27 yr
🐍 Western diamondback rattlesnake · AnAge
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Animals caught on camera
Real footage of the animals on this site — hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Squamata (order), home to 11,762 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.