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rhallman
at Sat Oct 16 15:33:16 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by rhallman ]
Quite a few of my Garters “rattle” though it is a bit less pronounced than in Rattlesnakes, Gopher snakes, King Snakes etc. With Garters it is more of a definitive twitching than a vibrating, and it often involves a greater length of the tail/lower body.
As for cross breeding between Rattlesnakes and Garter, Gopher and Kings, it is strictly urban legend at best. I once had a guy tell me that blue tailed skinks had blue tails because they were interbreeding with Rattlesnakes.
Taxonomy info: You do not have the Western Diamondbacks in your area. The farthest north they range is the extreme southern tip of Nevada. I have been fortunate enough to see one. The only Rattlesnake in your area is the Northern Pacific, Crotalus viridis oreganus.
Randy
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RE: Garter's Tail Rattling... - rhallman, Sat Oct 16 15:33:16 2004