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Definition of Timber rattlesnake
1. Noun. Widely distributed in rugged ground of eastern United States.
Generic synonyms: Rattler, Rattlesnake
Group relationships: Crotalus, Genus Crotalus
Specialized synonyms: Canebrake Rattler, Canebrake Rattlesnake, Crotalus Horridus Atricaudatus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Timber Rattlesnake
Literary usage of Timber rattlesnake
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biennial Report by Field Museum of Natural History (1902)
"... make its identification certain, but he says that it was the ordinary "Dog-town
Rattlesnake." CROTALUS HORRIDUS Linnaeus. Banded or timber rattlesnake. ..."
2. American Supremacy: The Rise and Progress of the Latin American Republics by George Washington Crichfield (1908)
"They reach the size of the timber rattlesnake, and are fully as dangerous.
Guayacan Guata. A snake of brownish hue, growing to six feet in length. ..."
3. American Supremacy: The Rise and Progress of the Latin American Republics by George Washington Crichfield (1908)
"They reach the size of the timber rattlesnake, and are fully as dangerous.
Guayacan Guata. A snake of brownish hue, growing to six feet in length. ..."
4. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles by Leonhard Stejneger, Thomas Barbour (1917)
"RANGE: Southern and Lower California. Crotalus horridus LINNE BANDED RATTLESNAKE,
BLACK RATTLESNAKE, timber rattlesnake, ..."
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