Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
October 15, 1818
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 94
Additional Source Text:
"With 7 Rattles and button -- purchased for 5$ -- having been kept for Exhibition 2 months without eating."
Notes:
This specimen was probably the timber rattlesnake.
Specimen Type:
Live (presumably eventually taxidermied/preserved)
Current Common Name:
Timber rattlesnake
Current Scientific Name
Crotalus horridus
