Planet Zoo 2 Western Diamondback Rattlesnake — habitat, biome, size & which animals it can live with

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake is one of the 130 Planet Zoo 2 launch species. It is housed in a Exhibit habitat, accepts the Desert / Savannah / Temperate biome, carries a no barrier requirement and is listed at 1.40 m (length). It shares a biome and an enclosure type with 16 other species, but the official species data rules out every one of those pairings, so it needs a habitat of its own.

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake

Every figure on this page comes from the official Planet Zoo 2 Zoopedia export rather than trailer footage: biome, enclosure type, barrier grade, size and the compatibility verdicts are all taken from the game's own data.

Size (M)1.40 m

Weight (M)—

Barrier—

EnclosureExhibit

BiomesDesert / Savannah / Temperate

StatusLeast Concern

Where it lives in the wild
North America

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake at a glance

Source: official Planet Zoo 2 Zoopedia export (130 species). Also on the searchable animal list.

Enclosure and barrier requirements

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake needs a Exhibit enclosure and accepts the Desert / Savannah / Temperate biomes. The barrier requirement is none at all, and that is the number to check before building: a Grade 4 animal behind a Grade 1 wall is the most common way a first zoo stalls.

Which animals can live with the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake?

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake shares a biome and an enclosure type with 16 other species, but every one of those pairings is ruled out by the official data, because one side of each pair is officially solitary.

Same biome, but not compatible

16 of the species that accept the Desert / Savannah / Temperate biome cannot share an enclosure with the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, because one side of the pair is officially solitary. These are the pairings people ask about most, so they are spelled out rather than left as an unexplained gap.

Species	Biome	Enclosure	Why not
Boa Constrictor	RainforestSavannah	Exhibit	Boa Constrictor is solitary “Boa constrictors are solitary animals and do not interact in the wild, except when mating or fighting over mating rights.”
Cloudless Sulphur	SavannahTaigaTemperate	Exhibit	Western Diamondback Rattlesnake is solitary “Western diamondback rattlesnakes are solitary animals. It is rare that they will encounter each other except when males search for mating pa…”
Common Bluetongue	RainforestSavannahTemperate	Exhibit	Common Bluetongue is solitary “Common bluetongues are solitary animals and only interact to mate or fight over mates.”
Desert Horned Viper	Desert	Exhibit	Desert Horned Viper is solitary “Desert horned vipers are solitary. They only interact with other individuals to mate.”
Eastern Brown Snake	DesertSavannahTemperate	Exhibit	Eastern Brown Snake is solitary “Adult male Eastern brown snakes are solitary, whereas females may interact with each other after laying their eggs; they will often do this…”
European Peacock	SavannahTemperate	Exhibit	European Peacock is solitary “The European peacock butterfly is largely solitary and males may defend their territory from other males they encounter.”
Fire Salamander	TemperateWetlands	Exhibit	Fire Salamander is solitary “Fire salamanders are solitary in the wild but are generally tolerant of other individuals if enough space, mates and food are available. Mal…”
Giant Tiger Land Snail	RainforestSavannah	Exhibit	Western Diamondback Rattlesnake is solitary “Western diamondback rattlesnakes are solitary animals. It is rare that they will encounter each other except when males search for mating pa…”
Gila Monster	Desert	Exhibit	Gila Monster is solitary “Gila monsters are solitary animals and only interact to mate and compete over mates.”
Goliath Beetle	RainforestSavannah	Exhibit	Goliath Beetle is solitary “Goliath beetles are solitary animals – other than to mate or compete over mates, they do not interact in the wild.”
Menelaus Blue Morpho	RainforestSavannah	Exhibit	Menelaus Blue Morpho is solitary “The Menelaus blue morpho is solitary, only spending time with others to mate. However, they tolerate nearby conspecifics, and on rare occasi…”
Mexican Redknee	DesertRainforestTemperate	Exhibit	Mexican Redknee is solitary “Mexican redknees are solitary animals and are likely to be aggressive towards each other if kept together in a terrarium.”
Monarch	RainforestSavannahTemperate	Exhibit	Monarch is solitary “Non-migratory monarch butterflies are solitary for most of the year, while those who do migrate will cluster in massive swarms of up to 10,000 individuals.”
Old World Swallowtail	SavannahTaigaTemperateTundra	Exhibit	Western Diamondback Rattlesnake is solitary “Western diamondback rattlesnakes are solitary animals. It is rare that they will encounter each other except when males search for mating pa…”
Sacred Scarab Beetle	Desert	Exhibit	Sacred Scarab Beetle is solitary “Sacred scarab beetles are solitary in the wild, but males and females will come together for nesting, and to compete for mates and dung balls.”
Yellow Anaconda	SavannahWetlands	Exhibit	Western Diamondback Rattlesnake is solitary “Western diamondback rattlesnakes are solitary animals. It is rare that they will encounter each other except when males search for mating pa…”

Close, but ruled out by enclosure type

45 species share at least one biome with the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake but use a different enclosure type — a land habitat against an aquarium or a flying aviary — so they cannot be mixed however well the biomes line up.

Aardvark, African Leopard, African Penguin, African Savannah Elephant, African Wild Dog, Asian Elephant, Bactrian Camel, Black Wildebeest, Blue Wildebeest, Cape Buffalo, Common Hippopotamus, Common Ostrich, Common Warthog, Eurasian Beaver, Eurasian Bittern, Eurasian Brown Bear, Eurasian Lynx, European Bison, Gemsbok, Giant Panda, Golden Eagle, Greater Flamingo, Grey Wolf, Grizzly Bear, Lion, Long-Eared Owl, Masai Giraffe, Meerkat, Mountain Hare, Nile Monitor, Nyala, Plains Zebra, Przewalski's Horse, Red Deer, Red Panda, Reticulated Giraffe, Sable Antelope, Secretarybird, Spotted Hyena, Springbok

Behaviour, size and weight

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake is classed as Solitary in Frontier's Social & Reproduction notes: “Western diamondback rattlesnakes are solitary animals. It is rare that they will encounter each other except when males search for mating partners, and they do not interact in the wild otherwise.” On size the game lists 1.40 m (length) for the male and 1.20 m for the female. Size and weight together decide the minimum habitat footprint, so use the female figure when you are sizing a breeding pair rather than a display animal.

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