Prairie Rattlesnake Research Paper

Prairie Rattlesnake

Prefered Habitat

The prairie rattlesnake is one of the most venomous snakes in North America. The prefered habitat for the prairie rattlesnake is in the mid United States and is mostly found living in grasslands and prairies. They will also live in wooded arias, brush caves and near streams where the food is plentiful.

Place in the food web
Prairie rattlesnakes are a consumer.It is a carnovor that mainly eats mice, gophers,rabits,grasshopers,various birds toads and eggs. The predators of the prairie rattlesnake are few and they are hawks and eagles.

Food Web

Consumer type The prairie rattlesnake is a consumer. It is in the third and fourth trophic levels of the prairie. It is a carnivore that eats mice,prairie dogs,ground squirrels,rats,rabbits, and other small reptiles. There are very few animals that eat the prairie rattlesnake but there are some. For example a hawk or eagle will eat them.
If the prairie rattlesnake eats more prairie dogs, which dig holes in the ground. Then the holes from the prairie dogs will decrease because if the snake eats more prairie dogs that means there will be less prairie dogs so less holes.
Native range