Sentences with phrase «eastern diamondback»

There are 32 species of rattlesnakes that range from southern Canada to Argentina and 16 species live in the US (Eastern Diamondback, Western Diamondback, Sidewinder, Lower California, Timber, Rock, Speckled, Blacktail, Twin - spotted, Red Diamond, Mojave, Tiger, Western, Ridgenose, Massasauga, and Pigmy rattlesnake).

J.D. Willson, an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, will validate his new method, Innovative Density Estimation Approach for Secretive Snakes (IDEASS), by estimating the number of southern hognose snakes and eastern diamondback rattlesnakes at Fort Stewart, Georgia, one of the Army's most active training installations.

The variation between eastern diamondback populations could provide crucial information to authorities managing the conservation of this species, which is in decline and under consideration for listing as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

Venom from an eastern diamondback rattlesnake in the Everglades is distinct from the cocktail of toxins delivered by the same species in the Florida panhandle area, some 500 miles away.

Not exact matches

The turtles included North American varieties such as eastern box turtles, red - eared sliders and diamondback terrapins — some of which sell for $ 800 each

Diamondback terrapins are considered «near threatened» by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources and the eastern box turtle is considered «vulnerable.»

According to The Canadian Press, officials seized the turtles, which included diamondback terrapins, eastern box turtles and red - eared sliders.