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Photo by JeremyShahan
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Field Notes

Description:

Salmon color with stripes. Rattle

Habitat:

Desert

Notes:

Found sleeping in middle of trail

Species ID Suggestions

Tiger Rattlesnake

(Crotalus tigris)
HikerJim
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Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake

Crotalus mitchelli pyrrhus

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wrathraptor
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Comments (9)
BryanHughes
Definitely not a tiger. They do not range anywhere near there.
wrathraptor
Not a Mojave either. They don't have bands, they are blotched, much like the Western Diamondbacks.
wrathraptor
Definitely a SW Speckled, I've seen pictures of many of these in that area and they all look like this. Really nice find! Definitely not a Tiger, totally wrong area for them.
JeremyShahan
No it was lethargic from a recent meal I'm guessing. We moved it and it didn't put up much a fight
NeilDazet
You found a snake 'sleeping' in the middle of a trail with a rock on it. Please give us more details on the context of the photo, Jeremy. Is this snake dead?
BareFeat
The banding looks closer to a mojave rattlesnake imo. Molting maybe? Seems strange to me that this snake has fallen rocks sitting on it also. Was the snake alive?
MitchRay
Maybe a Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake?
MitchRay
Shouldn't be any Tiger Rattlesnakes in that area.
HikerJim
It looks to be a Tiger Rattlesnake.

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PublishedJune 5, 2011

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