Texas Rattler Skull Replica measures 2.3 in. Texas Rattler Skull is museum quality polyurethane resin cast. Known as Western Diamondback Rattlesnake

The Texas Rattler or Western Diamondback Rattlesnake is a venomous rattlesnake species found in the southwestern United States and Mexico.

It is likely responsible for the majority of snakebite fatalities in northern Mexico and the greatest number of snakebites in the U.S.

A comprehensive on the prey of Texas Rattler or C. atrox in Texas showed, by weight, 94.8% of their prey consisted of small mammals.

A study of the stomach contents of C. atrox in the fall and spring of Oklahoma, mammalian prey included prairie dogs, kangaroo rats, pocket gophers, voles, woodrats, pocket mice, white-footed mice, Old World rats and mice, harvest mice, fox squirrels, cotton rats, ground squirrels, and rabbits.

Texas Rattlers are preyed upon by a variety of larger mammals and birds, such as coyotes, foxes, hawks, owls and man.

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