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title: "Cascabel tigre"
description: "Crotalus stephensi — Reptiles. Crotalus stephensi, also known as the Panamint Rattlesnake, is a venomous pitviper species found in central and southern Nevada and adjacent California."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/panamint-rattlesnake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cascabel tigre

> Crotalus stephensi — Reptiles. Crotalus stephensi, also known as the Panamint Rattlesnake, is a venomous pitviper species found in central and southern Nevada and adjacent California.

- Scientific name: *Crotalus stephensi*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `desert` (Desierto)
- iNaturalist observations: 827
- Wikidata: [Q3003838](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3003838)
- iNaturalist taxon: [30737](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/30737)

## Names

- en: Panamint Rattlesnake
- de: Panamint-Klapperschlange
- es: Cascabel tigre
- fr: Crotale de Stephen
- pt: Cascavel-de-Panamint
- pl: Crotalus mitchellii stephensi

## Countries with the most observations

US (773)

## Summary

Crotalus stephensi, also known as the Panamint Rattlesnake, is a venomous pitviper species found in central and southern Nevada and adjacent California. Other common names include Owens Valley rattlesnake and tiger rattlesnake (not to be confused with C. tigris).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalus_stephensi

## Photo

![Cascabel tigre](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/panamint-rattlesnake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua Zupan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/345600827

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/panamint-rattlesnake?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).