What Snakes Have Rattles?

Rattlesnakes are highly specialized, venomous reptiles with large bodies and triangle-shaped heads. They are one of the most iconic groups of North American snakes due to the characteristic “rattle” found at the tip of the tail.

Do other snakes have rattles?

Rowe, et al., published in "Biology of the Vipers," the rattle may be the most extensively studied anatomical feature among snakes. It's not only rattlesnakes that shake their tail, though; many pit vipers and a number of harmless colubrid snakes engage in the behavior as well.

What snakes make a rattle?

Rattlesnakes have rattles; that's why they're called rattlesnakes. The rattles are on the end of the tail, and a new one is added each time after the snake sheds its skin. When threatened, a rattlesnake coils and shakes its tail, and the rattling sound warns interlopers to stay away.