Largest Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Ever Recorded

Augustine, Florida , An Eastern Diamondback Was Caught And Killed Inside A Subdivision By A Local Animal Trapper.

Eastern diamondback rattlesnake caught yesterday at the st. Video captured in early summer 2016 While the largest rattlesnake ever recorded in florida was over 8 feet, the heaviest eastern diamondback was documented at 34 lbs!

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The heaviest on record weighed 15 kg (34 lb) and was 2.36 m (7 ft 9 in) long. A man in southern sebastian county, arkansas may have killed one of the largest western diamondback. In september 2009, in st.

While Specimens Over 6 Feet Are Rare, They Have Been Documented On Several Occasions, Mostly In Florida.

Eastern diamondback snakes take the cake in more ways than one for rattlesnakes. Commonly, these large snakes are found in florida and throughout the southeastern united states. According to the guinness book of world records, a person, identified by only the singular name rutledge, holds the record for the largest rattlesnake ever recorded.

Due To A Paucity Of Valid Specimens, The Reported Maximum Sizes Have Been Called Into Question.

Next largest eastern diamondback rattlesnakes. The longest rattlesnake on record is an eastern diamondback rattlesnake with one specimen reported to be 8 feet and four inches. For example, there was a specimen shot in 1946 that was 7.9 feet long and weighed 34 pounds!

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The record was entered in 1946 and stated that an eastern diamondback rattlesnake measuring 7 feet 8 inches in length was shot by rutledge who was a hunter. Massive killer diamondback rattlesnake caught in arkansas. By comparison, the largest timber rattlesnake ever recorded was only about six and a half feet long.