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

Young Rattle Snake killed near Glassbourough in Gloucester County N. Jersey

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

October 9, 1819

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 99

Additional Source Text:

National Gazette and Literary Register (Philadelphia), 28 Aug 1821 adds: "In spirits."

Notes:

This specimen was probably the timber rattlesnake.

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Current Common Name:

Timber rattlesnake

Current Scientific Name

Crotalus horridus