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Crotalus scutulatus
''Crotalus scutulatus'' (common names: Mojave rattlesnake,〔Crothier, B.I. ''et al.'' 2003. Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico: Update. ''Herpetological Review'' 34:196-203〕〔Stebbins, R.C. 2003. ''A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians''. Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co.〕〔Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.〕 Mojave green,〔) is a venomous pit viper species found in the deserts of the southwestern United States and central Mexico. It is perhaps best known for its potent neurotoxic and hemotoxic combination venom. Two subspecies are recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.
==Description==
This species grows to an average of less than in length, with a maximum of .〔
The color varies from shades of brown to pale green depending on the surroundings. The green hue found among Mojave rattlesnakes has led to them being known as "Mojave greens" in some areas. Like ''C. atrox'' (the western diamondback rattlesnake), which it closely resembles, ''C. scutulatus'' has a dark diamond pattern along its back. With ''C. scutulatus'', the white bands on the tail tend to be wider than the black, while the band width is usually more equal in ''C. atrox''. Additionally, ''C. scutulatus'' has enlarged scales on top of the head between the supraoculars, and the light postocular stripe passes behind the corner of the mouth. In ''C. atrox'', the crown is covered in small scales, and the light postocular stripe intersects the mouth.〔〔Bush, S.P., M.D. Cardwell. 1999. Mojave rattlesnake (''Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus'') identification. ''Wilderness and Environmental Medicine'' 10:6-9.〕
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