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title: "Rock Rattlesnake"
description: "Crotalus lepidus — Répteis. Crotalus lepidus is a venomous pit viper species found in the southwestern United States and northern central Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/rock-rattlesnake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rock Rattlesnake

> Crotalus lepidus — Répteis. Crotalus lepidus is a venomous pit viper species found in the southwestern United States and northern central Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Crotalus lepidus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Répteis)
- Habitats: `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 2699
- Wikidata: [Q646391](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q646391)
- iNaturalist taxon: [30740](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/30740)

## Names

- en: Rock Rattlesnake
- de: Felsen-Klapperschlange
- es: Cascabel gris
- pl: Grzechotnik skalny

## Countries with the most observations

US (1715), MX (580)

## Summary

Crotalus lepidus is a venomous pit viper species found in the southwestern United States and northern central Mexico. Four subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: William · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/372076626

## Machine access

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