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Posted by: Chance at Mon Sep 6 00:21:19 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Chance ]

I'm no expert on Crotalus, but it seems to me that your "western diamondback" is not a western diamondback. When I first saw the picture I was thinking northern or southern pacific, but that was before I read the text. I don't know where you live, but I'm almost positive that is not an atrox. It could be a mojave, or a western/prairie intergrade, I don't know. Hopefully someone else a bit more Crote knowledgable will respond with the correct i.d. I'd just hate for you to get tagged by this snake and give the wrong description to the attending physician. True, all native US Crotes are treated with the same AV, but I'm betting there are massive differences between an atrox bite and a mojave bite.

-Chance
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Chance Duncan

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My First Pet Hot Snake w/ Pic - carraig, Sun Sep 5 21:07:12 2004

RE:No hot snake is a..... - bachman, Mon Sep 6 00:17:34 2004

RE:Nice pic though!!!....n/p - bachman, Mon Sep 6 00:18:54 2004

Possible misidentification? - Chance, Mon Sep 6 00:21:19 2004

RE: Possible misidentification? - carraig, Mon Sep 6 00:27:44 2004

RE: Possible misidentification? - bachman, Mon Sep 6 01:01:00 2004

RE: Possible misidentification? - talkinghead, Mon Sep 6 04:40:31 2004

RE: Possible misidentification? - metalpest, Mon Sep 6 17:47:54 2004

RE: My First Pet Hot Snake w/ Pic - phobos, Mon Sep 6 20:21:46 2004

RE: My First Pet Hot Snake w/ Pic - talkinghead, Mon Sep 6 23:59:02 2004

RE: My First Pet Hot Snake w/ Pic - cascavel, Tue Sep 7 10:51:31 2004

RE: Possible misidentification? - Chance, Tue Sep 7 12:37:26 2004

First of all, who cares???pet..not a pet..... - ADAMS, Tue Sep 7 21:09:34 2004

RE: First of all, who cares???pet..not a pet..... - bachman, Tue Sep 7 22:28:44 2004

Are you saying I'm wrong? - ADAMS, Wed Sep 8 05:56:57 2004

Actually, by Webster's definition of "pet", you are wrong... - psilocybe, Wed Sep 8 10:57:26 2004

RE: Are we in school??? - bachman, Wed Sep 8 12:52:19 2004

RE: Actually, by Webster's definition of "pet", you are wrong... - bachman, Wed Sep 8 12:55:05 2004

Ok, if you want to keep going� - ADAMS, Wed Sep 8 16:52:58 2004

OOPS!... - ADAMS, Wed Sep 8 17:05:36 2004

Umm...no... - ADAMS, Wed Sep 8 17:20:26 2004

words... - ADAMS, Wed Sep 8 17:41:29 2004

Here is why at least for me, snakes are not "pets"... - psilocybe, Thu Sep 9 10:40:52 2004

RE: My First Pet Hot Snake w/ Pic - metalpest, Thu Sep 9 21:17:25 2004

RE: My First Pet Hot Snake w/ Pic - carraig, Sat Sep 11 16:42:47 2004

RE: My First Pet Hot Snake w/ Pic - cascavel, Sat Sep 11 16:56:48 2004

RE: My First Pet Hot Snake w/ Pic - Candoia, Thu Sep 16 17:55:55 2004

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