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Saw this lady on the road on my way home from work about an hour ago. Pretty sure it's a preggo female. Aaaaaaand! It's my favorite species! The Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake (Crotalus mitchellii pyrrhus). I recognized the species before I even got out of my car...

She was originally stretched out halfway across the road but when I got out she bailed.

She was rattling at me the entire time...

Spot the rattlesnake!

And the classic rattlesnake pose...

I adore native wildlife...

~jenny
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"The python has, and I fib no fibs,
318 pairs of ribs.
In stating this I place reliance
On a seance with one who died for science
This figure is sworn to and attested,
He counted them while being digested."
~Ogden Nash

jenny.thegreenes.org

"If you're happy and you know it,
Bomb Iraq!
If you cannot find Osama,
Bomb Iraq!
If the terrorists are frisky,
Pakistan is looking shifty,
North Korea is too risky,
Bomb Iraq!

Nice pics. All we get around here are Garter Snakes.

We get those sometimes too and I never try to catch em cause they always musk all over me. ;P

~jenny
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"The python has, and I fib no fibs,
318 pairs of ribs.
In stating this I place reliance
On a seance with one who died for science
This figure is sworn to and attested,
He counted them while being digested."
~Ogden Nash

jenny.thegreenes.org

"If you're happy and you know it,
Bomb Iraq!
If you cannot find Osama,
Bomb Iraq!
If the terrorists are frisky,
Pakistan is looking shifty,
North Korea is too risky,
Bomb Iraq!

I always hated that part. I used to catch them as a kid all the time.

Nothing like the smell of an angry little garter snake...cool pics btw
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Neil Golli
(813) 856 3408
info@gollireptiles.com
www.GolliReptiles.com

Cool and she's got a nice sized intact rattle too.

Quig
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Don't interupt me when I'm talkin' to myself

Especially like the shot backed into the rocks. You're having some great luck with rattler sightings...keep the pics coming.
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Dale....dgoins222@yahoo.com
www.LibertyReptiles.com

Awesome pics thanks for posting! I live in CO so its kinda hard to find rattlers on a constant basis so this summer Im gonna make some trips down to NM and hopefully get to so some picture takin and find some good ones down there! I grew up in OK and saw them all the time. Love the Rattlers!

M
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Mike & Wendy

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