Timber Rattlesnake

  Timber Rattlesnake ~ Crotalus horridus

Adult body length: 36 – 54 inches; maximum about 74 inches.

Body length at birth: 8 – 16 inches

Breeding period: August and April

Young per year: 5 -17 live young

Life Expectancy: 20 years, sometimes more.

Typical foods: Small to moderate-size rodents including squirrels, mice, shrews and chipmunks; small to moderate-size birds; sometimes other snakes and amphibians.

The Timber Rattlesnake is a an ambush predator that 

has been known to lay motionless for weeks hunting for

food. It is a venomous snake and can can serious injury

or death to humans. Timber Rattlers are shy and normal

never rattle their tail unless majorly disturbed. They are

known as one of the most colored snakes in North America,

though some have a colored pattern, while some are just plain

black.

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