Issued as part of the ongoing Bicentennial celebration, the 13Â¢ State Flags pane was a first in U.S. history. This was the first time a pane with 50 face-different stamps was issued.
NON-VENOMOUS. NON-VENOMOUS. Description: A greenish-brown snake with a diamond-like pattern on its back and dark bars on the sides of its body. The belly scales are yellow with dark markings on the sides. Males are smaller and thinner than females and they have small bumps on their chin.
In the field, Crotalus adamanteus is estimated to live an average of ten years or more and up to 20 years (Studenroth, 2001). The Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake possesses very few enemies as an adult, with only deer, pigs, and humans documented as killers of an adult snake. The name adamanteus is Latin meaning diamond or lozenge-shaped, referring to the shape of the dorsal body markings (McCranie, 1980).