Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake
Crotalus pyrrhus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyViperidae (Vipèrids)
- GenusCrotalus (Serp de cascavell)
- SpeciesCrotalus pyrrhus (Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake)
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua Tree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Grand Canyon National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake in Joshua Tree National Park?
About 32% of visitor-days record a Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake sighting in Joshua Tree National Park, based on 372 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake in Joshua Tree National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake in Joshua Tree National Park in our monthly data.