Aruba Island Rattlesnake

The Aruba Island Rattlesnake (Crotalus unicolor) is a venomous pit viper. It is also known as the Arubian casabel and is one of the rarest snakes in the world, possibly as few as 230 left in the wild.

Size: Aruba Island rattlesnakes usually grow to about 30 inches long.

Life Span: The Aruba Island Rattlesnake average lifespan is 15 to 20 years in the wild and captivity.

Color: Can be a variety of colors ranging from white to apricot, or brown to slate blue. Skin looks like it has been dusted with powder.

Continent: Central America

Range: Aruba

Habitat: Tropical Forest areas

Food: The Aruba Island rattlesnake Kills prey with venom but its enzymes start to digest the food before the snake starts to eat. Aruba Island rattlesnakes eat small rodents, birds, and whip-tail lizards.

Reproduction: Gestation is four months and 5-15 young are born at a time. Males reach sexual maturity at four years and females reach sexual maturity at five years. Males fight for attention of females when it is time to breed.

Fun Facts: Aruba Island rattlesnakes are laid back and do not attack unless provoked. They do not have any natural predators.

Conservation: Threatened under the Endangered Species Act