The eastern diamondback is sometimes called the Florida rattler or the common rattlesnake. Its scientific name is Crotalus adamanteus. The species name adamanteus roughly translates to “hard as ...

Explore the world's deadliest snakes, including the North America's Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, South America's ...

Diamondback snakes, particularly the western and eastern diamondback rattlesnakes, are some of the most iconic and recognizable venomous snakes in North America. Known for their distinctive ...

The eastern diamondback rattlesnake — the largest rattlesnake in the world — has amazing adaptations for capturing prey (but poses little threat to humans). Each snake is equipped with a pair of long, ...

Rattlesnakes also have sexual dimorphism: males and females of a particular species are usually smaller or larger, with size variations; for example, eastern diamondback rattlesnake species ...

18 on Shired Island in Dixie County when an eastern diamondback rattlesnake bit his leg ... find another type of snake when he startled the rattler. “Welp, I’m cooked,” said Humphlett ...

18 on Shired Island in Dixie County when an eastern diamondback rattlesnake bit his leg, WCJB reports. “I just felt, out of nowhere, this intense pain right in my leg. Honestly, it felt like an ...