Rattlesnake
Crotalus atrox
- 8 km/h
- 1–7 kg
- 15–25 years
The western diamondback rattlesnake is one of the most recognizable venomous snakes in North America, found across the deserts and scrublands from California to Texas…
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Agkistrodon contortrix
- 1.6 km/h
- 0.2-0.7 kg
- 18-25 years
The eastern copperhead is North America’s most commonly encountered venomous snake, a pit viper found across the eastern and central United States in deciduous forests,…
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Agkistrodon piscivorus
- 4 km/h
- 0.8-4.5 kg
- 15-20 years
The Cottonmouth, or Water Moccasin, is North America’s only semi-aquatic venomous snake and an apex predator of the southeastern United States’ wetlands. Its common name…
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