Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
December 11, 1788
Primary Source Reference:
Pennsylvania Packet (Philadelphia), 11 Dec 1788
Additional Source Text:
The donor was "of Baltimore."
Notes:
The only rattlesnake in Maryland is the timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) / https://dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/Pages/plants_wildlife/herps/Fieldguid…
The donor was perhaps Charles Crookshanks, a Baltimore merchant. (Selected Papers, 1: 529n)
Specimen Type:
Live (presumably eventually taxidermied/preserved)
Peale's Common Name:
Rattlesnake
Current Common Name:
Timber rattlesnake
Current Scientific Name
Crotalus horridus
