largest timber rattlesnake on record
Photo by Lisa Powers. Description: Typical timber rattlesnakes measure anywhere from 36-58 inches (91-147 cm) in length with Klauber (1956) reporting the largest timber rattlesnake ever recorded to be 74  inches (189.23 cm) collected near New Orleans, LA in the 1940s. Timber rattlesnakes are the 2nd largest venomous snake found in the eastern United States.