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THE TIMBER RATTLESNAKE ALONG THE CONNECTICUT RIVER ... The timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) was one of the first New World animals to capture the imagination and attention of European explorers and naturalists.
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www.bio.umass.edu/biology/conn.river/rattlesn.html
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Adult Timber Rattlesnake ... More Information on Timber Rattlesnake ... picture of head of Timber Rattlesnake...
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www.umass.edu/nrec/snake_pit/pages/timber.html
www.umass.edu/nrec/snake_pit/pages/timber.html
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Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridu ... Comments: The timber rattlesnake is one of the most persecuted animals in the eastern United States. Thousands of rattlesnakes are killed or moved around by organized rattlesnake "round ups" every year.
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www.marshall.edu/herp/Old/rattlesnake.htm
www.marshall.edu/herp/Old/rattlesnake.htm
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The timber rattlesnake has a bad reputation. But in fact the snake rarely harms humans. So few rattlesnakes remain that they are considered to be a threatened species in Minnesota. These large snakes live in the forested bluffland of southeastern Minnesota.
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www.dnr.state.mn.us/snapshots/snakes_turtles/timberratt...
www.dnr.state.mn.us/snapshots/snakes_turtles/timberrattlesnake.html
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The Timber Rattlesanke is a pit viper which has highly sensitive organs for locating prey, by heat-sensing. These pits are easily seen in the photos of this Timber Rattlesnake found in Southern Illinois.
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www.surviveoutdoors.com/reference/snakes/timber_rattles...
www.surviveoutdoors.com/reference/snakes/timber_rattlesnake.asp
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Crotalus horridus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Crotalus horridus is a species of venomous pitviper found in the eastern United States. This is the only rattlesnake species in most of the populous northeastern United States and was featured prom...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalus_horridus
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There was a recognized subspecies of timber rattlesnake, the canebrake rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus atricaudatus, until the 1970's when it was found that the definitive characteristics were shared by both subspecies.
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www.herpnet.net/Minnesota-Herpetology/snakes/TimberRatt...
www.herpnet.net/Minnesota-Herpetology/snakes/TimberRattlesnake.html
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