[sammyg2]

Wow, a quick google of the mohave rattler turned up this:

The often mis-named "Mojave Green" has the most potent venom of any rattlesnake in North America. Its poison is about 16 times more powerful than that of the Sidewinder. They can be identified by their triangular-shaped head and diamond-shaped markings along their body, and of course, rattles. They are brown in color in the lower elevations and darken to a green in the higher regions near the mountains. Their eggs hatch within them so anywhere from 4 to 24 baby snakes are born live in a litter.

The Mojave rattlesnake is the most dangerous of rattlesnakes in the Mojave Desert. Its venom, which it uses to immobilized its prey and defend itself, attack both the nervous system with nuerotoxins and the bloodstream with hemotoxins. It looks similar to a diamondback rattlesnake, having diamond shapes along its back. It’s color will vary from green-gray in higher, mountain elevations, to yellowish tones found more often in the lower portions of it's range. The creosote bush, found in the 2,000 to 4,000 foot elevation is the primary, but not the only habitat of this snake. They feed primarily on small rodents. It will not come looking for trouble, nor will it run from it!

and this:

Behavior
Most active from April to September, and hibernate alone or in small groups during the winter. Ambush predators, they eat mostly small rodents and lizards. Females bear live young, from two to seventeen (average about eight), from July through September.[3][11] Although they have a reputation for being aggressive towards people, such behavior is not described in the scientific literature. Like other rattlesnakes they will defend themselves vigorously when disturbed.