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title: "Tiger Rattlesnake"
description: "Crotalus tigris — Rettili. The tiger rattlesnake (Crotalus tigris) is a highly venomous pit viper species found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/tiger-rattlesnake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tiger Rattlesnake

> Crotalus tigris — Rettili. The tiger rattlesnake (Crotalus tigris) is a highly venomous pit viper species found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Crotalus tigris*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 1245
- Wikidata: [Q617863](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q617863)
- iNaturalist taxon: [30758](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/30758)

## Names

- en: Tiger Rattlesnake
- de: Tiger-Klapperschlange
- es: Cascabel tigre
- nl: Tijgerratelslang
- pl: Grzechotnik tygrysi

## Countries with the most observations

US (1031), MX (137)

## Summary

The tiger rattlesnake (Crotalus tigris) is a highly venomous pit viper species found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. No subspecies are currently recognized. The specific name tigris, (Latin for 'tiger'), refers to the many narrow dorsal crossbands, which create a pattern of vertical stripes when viewed from the side.

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

## Photo

![Tiger Rattlesnake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tiger-rattlesnake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Daniel · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/252559552

## Machine access

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