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Rivets55
at Fri Sep 8 13:17:44 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Rivets55 ]
>>I know, this is a stupid question, but someone needs to see the answer posted here...
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>>Some self-professed "knowledgable" people are claiming that Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnakes are quite common in Randolph County, AL (that's east-central AL, almost as far north as Birmingham.) They also claim that the confusion about ranges is because many people confuse these snakes with the Florida Diamondback.
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>>Any comments?
Yeah - Get you a copy of the Peterson Field Guide Reptiles and Amphibians - Eastern Central North America, by Roger Conant and Joseph T. Collins, Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
It is readilly available from brick-and-mortar bookstores, Amazondotcom, and even eeebay. This a definitive reference that should be in every herptophile's collection. It will settle almost any argument regarding identity and range.
BTW - there is no such thing as a "Florida Diamondback" Rattlesnake - they are all Eastern Diamondbacks Crotalus adamanteous. There is a Diamondback Watersnake Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer, but how anyone could confuse this with an Eastern Diamondback back is beyond me.
JPD
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RE: Alabama rattlesnakes - Rivets55, Fri Sep 8 13:17:44 2006