Mojave rattlesnake
crotalus scutulatus latin

He died from the bite of a Mojave Rattlesnake he had attempted to catch.

In that moment, I would have turned a shovel against anyone dared attack our brave Mojave Rattlesnake.

The green hue found among Mojave rattlesnakes has led to them being known as "Mojave greens" in some areas.

"Mojave Rattlesnake," she read.

"Remember the Mojave Rattlesnake?"

Mojave Rattlesnake at Blue Planet Biomes.

Some species, such as the Mojave Rattlesnake, additionally possess a neurotoxic component in their venom that causes paralysis and other nervous symptoms.

Mojave rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus)

Interestingly, bites caused by the Mojave rattlesnake, kraits, coral snake, and the speckled rattlesnake reportedly cause little or no pain despite being serious injuries.

Some species do not mass together in this way, for example the copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix, or the Mojave rattlesnake, Crotalus scutulatus.

Antibodies in CroFab produced by the other three species' venoms effectively neutralize Mojave rattlesnake venom B.

Mojave Rattlesnake, Crotalus scutulatus at AZ PARC.

S. crotali - house mouse (Mus musculus) - Mojave rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus)

A special note on the local wildlife is the local subspecies of rattlesnake, the Mojave rattlesnake (also called the Mojave green rattlesnake).

The lower elevations provide designated critical habitat for the threatened desert tortoise and other native species, such as desert bighorn sheep, gila monster, and mojave rattlesnake.

"Mojave rattlesnakes have a neurotoxic poison, almost like a cobra's," he explains, giving a natural-history lesson on the animal's two color phases and its map of distribution in the West.

Animal venoms contain enzymes and other proteins that are hemotoxic or neurotoxic or occasionally both (as in the Mojave Rattlesnake, the Japanese mamushi, and similar species).

However, there are exceptions - a black-necked spitting cobra's (Naja nigricollis) venom consists mainly of hemotoxins, while the Mojave rattlesnake's (Crotalus scutulatus) venom is primarily neurotoxic.

In the U.S., some varieties of the Mojave rattlesnake (C. scutulatus) also have a presynaptic neurotoxic venom component known as Mojave Type A toxin, which can cause severe paralysis.

Bites can be effectively treated with CroFab antivenom, as this serum is derived using venom components from four species of American pitvipers (the eastern and western diamondback rattlesnakes, the Mojave rattlesnake and the cottonmouth).

The tail has two to eight (usually four to six) black bands separated by ash white or pale gray interspaces; this led to the nickname of "coon tail", though other species (e.g., Mojave rattlesnake) have similarly banded tails.

While only the Pacific Northwest rattler makes its home in Northern California, almost a duzen rattlesnakes make their home in the deserts of Southern California, including the Western diamondback and the Mojave rattlesnake.

In people bitten by venom A Mojave rattlesnakes (those outside the relatively small Venom B area in south-central Arizona), the onset of serious signs and symptoms can be delayed, sometimes leading to an initial underestimation of the severity of the bite.

The venom of many Mojave rattlesnakes from south-central Arizona lacks the acidic subunit and has been designated "venom B," while Mojave rattlesnakes tested from all other areas express both subunits and have been designated "venom A" populations.

Some species do not mass together in this way, for example the copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix, or the Mojave rattlesnake, Crotalus scutulatus.

Mojave Rattlesnake, Crotalus scutulatus at AZ PARC.

However, there are exceptions - a black-necked spitting cobra's (Naja nigricollis) venom consists mainly of hemotoxins, while the Mojave rattlesnake's (Crotalus scutulatus) venom is primarily neurotoxic.

Disintegrins from different snake species have been characterised: albolabrin, applagin, barbourin, batroxostatin, bitistatin, obtustatin, schistatin, echistatin, elegantin, eristicophin, flavoridin, halysin, kistrin, mojastin (Crotalus scutulatus), rubistatin (Crotalus ruber), tergeminin, salmosin and triflavin.

It has a high neurotoxic fraction that is antigenically related to Mojave toxin (see Crotalus scutulatus, venom A), and includes another component immunologically identical to crotamine, which is a myotoxin also found in tropical rattlesnakes (see Crotalus durissus).