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By Jonathunder - Own work, GFDL 1.3 / https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/ZollmanTimberRattle…IMAGE INFORMATION

Two living Rattle Snakes, from Burlington County. N.J. $1,50

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

August 3, 1812

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 61

Notes:

These specimens were probably the timber rattlesnake.

Specimen Type:

Live (presumably eventually taxidermied/preserved)

Current Common Name:

Timber rattlesnake

Current Scientific Name

Crotalus horridus