Eastern diamondback rattlesnake

Crotalus adamanteus · Wherever found · ECOS entity 10176

In plain words

Federal ESA status Under Review

The Eastern diamondback rattlesnake is under review after a petitionpetition: A written request, from anyone, asking the agency to list or delist a species.. It is not listed. This is the U.S. federal status. It is not the IUCN Red List or a state list. No upcoming date is on the record.

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Each step shows up to three dates: the date the law sets, the date in the agency's workplan or set by a court, and the date the step was published. Every date links to the document it comes from.

Timeline for Eastern diamondback rattlesnake
StepStatutory dateWorkplan or court-ordered datePublished (Federal Register)
90-day finding90-day finding: The agency's first answer to a petition, saying whether it is worth a full review.
Statutory date March 11, 2012 (90-day finding, 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)). Federal Register coverage starts October 24, 2024; earlier publications are not on the record yet. 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A) Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.
Statute wording for this date: "to the maximum extent practicable". 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)
Not in the workplan Not published as of October 24, 2026
12-month finding12-month finding: The agency's answer after a full review: should the species be listed or not? None set
Planned for fiscal year 2027 in the National Listing Workplan of July 28, 2026. Workplan row 107
Not published as of October 24, 2026

Petitions

  • “Rattlesnake, eastern diamondback (Crotalus adamanteus); list T/E w/CH”: petition date (active). Source: ECOS petitions report, ECOS species profile. Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.

Identifiers and sources

This record
https://conservanode.org/id/species/10176
ECOS
Species profile 9195
Range states
AL, FL, GA, SC