Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
Is a rattlesnake species and member of the viper family, found in t
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Is a rattlesnake species and member of the viper family, found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Like all other rattlesnakes and all other vipers, it is venomous. In the United States, an estimated 1,989 nonfatal rattlesnake bites occur every year, and an average of five people die from snake bites in the country annually. Untreated eastern diamondback rattlesnake bites have a fatality of 10-20% Bruce photographed this older specimen (as evidenced