kaycock - rattlesnake

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The snake occupies diverse habitats from sea level to 7000 feet, ranging from desert flats to rocky hillsides, grassy plains, forested areas, river bottoms and coastal prairies. (Yes, the snake can swim quite nicely, holding its rattles above the water to keep them dry.) Diamondbacks occupy dry, rocky, shrub covered terrain where they can conceal themselves in cracks in the rocks and in holes in the ground.
http://www.desertusa.com/mag01/jan/papr/rsnake.html
http://www.sdnhm.org/fieldguide/herps/crot-atr.html
http://www.thebigzoo.com/Animals/Western_Diamondback_Rattlesnake.asp
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Crotalus_atrox.html
http://www.wildtexas.com/wildguides/rattlesnake.php