Crotalus horridus (Timber Rattlesnake)
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TIMBER
RATTLESNAKE
Crotalus horridus Linnaeus, 1758
STATUS: Very Rare
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Dallas
Co.: S of Seagoville; Denton Co.: back
end of Lake Lewisville near Aubrey; Ellis
Co.: near Italy;
Wise Co.: Lyndon B. Johnson Nat'l Grasslands NW of Decatur
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Dallas,
Denton, Ellis, and Wise
HABITAT: Trinity River
Bottoms and Western Cross Timbers
COMMENTS: It is
unlikely that there is sufficient habitat to support a population of the
timber rattlesnake unless it is in Wise County.
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