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Got a call from my herp society that someone had a "HUGE rattle snake" in their yard, so off to the rescue I go! When I get there, the folks are certainly friendly enough, but not up on their AZ snake ID's, because in their yard was this healthy guy:

Look at that lump! He must have just eaten a squirrel or a rabbit coming off the golf course next to the house.

Here he is next to an 18 inch hook:

But the 40 inch hook gives you a better idea of his length, which I believe is around 6 1/2 feet:

Close up shot:

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Diego

What a cool find! It's nice to know that your community knows who to call when a snake appears. I have a lot of admiration for herps that can adapt to large human populations, and Phoenix is huge! There seems to be a lot more posts of people finding and enjoying these animals in the wild; just this week we've experienced deserticola and sayi from different locales, and now a very large affinis! These posts are refreshing; keep up the good work everyone!

Bart

Nice one, Diego- he's a MONSTER!!!

I need to post some pics of stuff I've rescued lately- been too lazy, but nothing like that thing!

//Todd

Do they have a Dauchshund missing???
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Lloyd Heilbrunn

Palm Beach Gardens, Fl.

Way to go Diego! I'm glad that animal gets another round, it's a beaut! I got a call Wednesday for a rattlesnake in the chimney, lol! It turned out to be a nest of swifts, when the damper was closed the noise they made sounded a bit like a rattler but I was hoping rat snake in the chimney, no such luck!
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Todd Hughes

That's anice big good lookin' affinis you got there! Cool how big those guys get.

reako45

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Diego