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Western Rattlesnake
Crotalus viridis
39.2143, -122.009
Field Notes
Description:
**up to 4'2" large, dark brown blotches on back edged with n arrow whitish or yellow lines; pattern faded in older individuals. Head wide, top solid brown.
Habitat:
**Winters in communal dens.
Forests, chaparral, grasslands, rocky areas, mtns to 11k'
range: all of california except SE deserts
Notes:
This individual was young and approx. 13" long.
** from audubon's "field guide to california"
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Crotalus viridis
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Photographed
PublishedJune 18, 2011
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