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Prairie Rattlesnake

Crotalus viridis

Photo by KevinUrbanek
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Habitat:

Grasslands

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Comments (7)
KevinUrbanek
We observed what appeared to be a Prairie Rattlesnake beginning to eat a Texas Horned Lizard. The Horned Lizard was close, if not dead. We assumed the Rattlesnake had killed the Horned Lizard as prey. This picture is in-situ, unfortunately time did not allow for us to complete the observation and our presence seemed to make the snake a little reluctant to continue. We left the snake and lizard as seen. We were with a State Land Board Biologist who said this prey item has been recorded before, in one case causing death to the snake. Interesting observation.
Scott Frazier
Nice photos! How about a little more detail? What happened between the two? That snake has really flattened itself out and the lizard has really blown itself up!
Jae
Nice find and awesome pictures.

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Snakes of the United States - Center for Snake Conservation
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PublishedMay 20, 2014

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