While the east coast only has two true rattlesnake (Crotalus) species, what we lack in diversity we make up for in prominence. There was a time when it was suggested we make the emblem of our country the Timber rattlesnake because of how present it was in the early lives of the colonists. Historically ranging from Maine & Ontario, southward to North Florida, & westward to eastern Texas, & extreme southeastern Minnesota, this snake is the most widespread venomous snake in the United States, & the