🐍Eastern diamondback rattlesnake
東部菱背響尾蛇（学名：Crotalus adamanteus，英文名：Eastern diamondback rattlesnake）為美洲最重的毒蛇，除了是世界上最大的響尾蛇，也是北美洲最大的毒蛇，最常可達7英呎（2.14公尺）。東部菱背響尾蛇的名稱來自於背上明顯的菱形背斑，能使牠們融入落葉林的地層。東部菱背響尾蛇有時會游泳穿梭於外海的各個島嶼，最遠能游離岸邊20000碼的島嶼。遊客有時會在登山步道上遇見牠們，有時會不經意的踩到使牠們來不及搖動響環警告而激起牠們的自衛本能，使東部菱背響尾蛇在該地聲名狼藉。
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2007.
- Body mass
- 5.67 kg
- Body length
- 2.52 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 23 years
Everything we know about the Eastern diamondback rattlesnake
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass5.67 kgrecord 7.63 kg · ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Body length2.52 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0
Maximum lifespan23 yearsrecord 23 years · ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Activity cycleDiurnalReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Foraging modeAMBReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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VenomousYesReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l5.7 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Eastern diamondback rattlesnake yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classSquamata
- ›familyViperidae
- ›genusCrotalus
- ›speciesCrotalus adamanteus
- orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
- infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
- subfamilyCrotalinae
- genusCrotalus
All 14 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- superorderLepidosauria
- orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
- infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
- familyViperidae
- subfamilyCrotalinae
- genusCrotalus
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