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
