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= Timber Rattlesnake = Picture Source Picture 2 Source


 * Crotalus horridus, more commonly called the Timber Rattlesnake, or Timber Rattler is
 * Lives in deciduous forests with rocky outcroppings
 * Venomous
 * Adults grow to 91-152 cm (36-60 in.) in length
 * Timber Rattlers' diets include mice, chipmunks and other squirrels, rabbits, shrews, moles, weasels and birds.
 * In the summer, males and females that aren't pregnant prefer low-lying forests with thick canopies for keeping cool while pregnant females prefer high, warm, rocky ledges.
 * The snakes "den communally" (live together) and use the same den for years
 * Males will stray up to miles away from their rocky den during the summer, returning in the fall
 * Timber Rattlesnakes hibernate in the winter (November - May)
 * "Critically Imperiled" in NH according to the NH Fish & Game Department, but "Near Threatened" as a species
 * Threatened by habitat loss due to gravel mining, illegal catching and killing by humans, and death on roadways
 * There is one known population in NH

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