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title: "Red Diamond Rattlesnake"
description: "Crotalus ruber — Rettili. Common names: red diamond rattlesnake, red rattlesnake, red diamond snake, more"
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/red-diamond-rattlesnake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red Diamond Rattlesnake

> Crotalus ruber — Rettili. Common names: red diamond rattlesnake, red rattlesnake, red diamond snake, more
Crotalus ruber is a venomous pit viper species found in southwestern California in the United States and Baja California in Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Crotalus ruber*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 6193
- Wikidata: [Q2033803](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2033803)
- iNaturalist taxon: [30724](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/30724)

## Names

- en: Red Diamond Rattlesnake
- de: Rote Diamant-Klapperschlange
- es: Cascabel de diamantes rojos
- fr: Crotale diamantin rouge
- pl: Grzechotnik kalifornijski

## Countries with the most observations

US (4797), MX (1128)

## Summary

Common names: red diamond rattlesnake, red rattlesnake, red diamond snake, more
Crotalus ruber is a venomous pit viper species found in southwestern California in the United States and Baja California in Mexico. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.

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

## Photo

![Red Diamond Rattlesnake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-diamond-rattlesnake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Cara · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156665192

## Machine access

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