There are a few sandy areas within the forest that provide pristine habitat for the eastern diamondback rattlesnakes.

Infant and juvenile marsh rabbits are especially vulnerable to eastern diamondback rattlesnakes (Crotalus adamanteus) and water moccasins (Agkistrodon piscivorus).

A diamondback rattlesnake from the American West furiously shakes its rattle in front of the one who dared to pull it out of its torpor.

This viper fang, likely from a rattlesnake or copperhead, was preserved in a prehistoric coprolite.

This viper fang, likely from a rattlesnake or copperhead, was preserved in a prehistoric coprolite.

The Cottonmouth's venomous bite is reported as being more painful than it's cousin's, the Copperhead, but less painful than that of either the Eastern or Western Diamondback Rattlesnake's bite.

The western diamondback rattlesnake, which lives mainly in the arid regions of the American Southwest, is one of the biggest and most formidable venomous snakes in all the Americas.

For example, the red diamondback rattlesnake is the biggest rattlesnake species in the San Diego, California area, surviving on mammals and amphibians native to the region.

The fang’s hollow center helped the team ID the unlucky snake as a member of the Viperidae family—most likely a Western diamondback rattlesnake or copperhead, both of which are common in the region.

The fang’s hollow center helped the team ID the unlucky snake as a member of the Viperidae family—most likely a Western diamondback rattlesnake or copperhead, both of which are common in the region.