Yellow rattlesnake

Yellow rattlesnake

Yellow rattlesnake may refer to:

* "Crotalus horridus", a.k.a. the timber rattlesnake.Wright AH, Wright AA. 1957. Handbook of Snakes. Comstock Publishing Associates. (7th printing, 1985). 1105 pp. ISBN 0-8014-0463-0.]
* "Crotalus oreganus concolor", a.k.a. the midget faded rattlesnake.

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