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If anyone would like to contribute some real nice quality of pictures of rattlesnakes I would love to use them for our various signage and tour guide (you will be given full credit). In particular, I am looking for nice shots of various Crotalines in their native habitat....any and all would be appreciated. You can post them here (I can cut and paste), or, email directly to me. I am also looking for some cool shots of snakes striking prey and any other natural behaviors (defensive postures, etc.). Any and all pics are GREATLY appreciated....our grand opening is this weekend so I am under the gun a bit. Thanks in advance!

Take care, Rob

Rob Carmichael, Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center
1401 Middlefork Drive
Lake Forest, IL 60045
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Rob Carmichael, Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center at Elawa Farm
Lake Forest, IL

heres an insitu gravid tigris and a blacktail, you should ask BPO for some.
Cheers
Brett

here is a few, I just havent downloaded anything on ks, Jon

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Hey Rob,
Feel free to stop by and peruse the photo galleries at venomousreptiles.org
If you find any pictures of mine that you would like to use, you have my permission provided I get credit for my meager photographic abilities.
If you want any of them at a higher resolution, just email me at Buzztail1@hotmail.com
It may take me a short while to respond as I am deployed at the moment.
R/
Karl H. Betz
Buzztail1

A nice Dona Ana County, NM C. molossus

Large C. atrox found in Dona Ana County, NM

Nice juvie atrox found along the NM/AZ border.

And finally, a beautiful C. scutulatus found along the NM/AZ border (close to Rodeo, NM).

obviously the last pic was not a scute, I accidently posted the atrox twice...here's the scute.

Hi Rob,

Here are a few additional pics to choose from amongst all the great ones. I can send them in larger size if you are interested in any of them.

Twin Spot

Mottled Rock

Scute

Tiger

Another Scute

Atrox

Prairie

Baby Molossus

Another Molossus

And an Abyssus

Desert herper, those are some of the best crote photos i have ever seen, my hats off to you bro, Rootsrok

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Thanks man. I wish I could really capture their color and beauty though. It just doesn't compare to seeing them in real life. I need a better camera

That Tiger is/was gravid, no?

Jason

No, it is a male... just a nice healthy one

.....very very nice work there DH...I can appreciate the effort involved...not only finding those..but the hassle of sharing them w/ us....thankyou.

That # 2 scoot...looks like there might be a sprig of juniper in the view..can that be so? Where (elev) was that shot taken?

Your atrox in san-dago would be a ruber by me....specially if it were comparatively mellow like ~ 20-30% of the atrox I find.

Lastly...those neonates...what an incredibly fortunate find...if in-situ....sure like to hear more about that set of circumstances...youd think theyd choose 2-b in deep cover during parturition...

Gr8t post....thnx again Beers / RxR

>>That # 2 scoot...looks like there might be a sprig of juniper in the view..can that be so? Where (elev) was that shot taken?

I don't think it is juniper... looks somewhat like creosote to me. It was a shot from West Texas.

>>Your atrox in san-dago would be a ruber by me....specially if it were comparatively mellow like ~ 20-30% of the atrox I find.

Yeah, it certainly could be a ruber couldn't it. It's just a few hundred miles east though

>>Lastly...those neonates...what an incredibly fortunate find...if in-situ....sure like to hear more about that set of circumstances...youd think theyd choose 2-b in deep cover during parturition...

The neonates were found in situ with the mother but the photograph was not taken in situ. They were found all under several rocks close to each other and we just hooked them out to get a "family shot".

Rob,

If you would like to use any of these I can send you the full files.

Jason

foltjr AT email.uc.edu

Ryan S.

Here are some of mine.

Speck

Another Speck

Panamint Speck

Another Panamint

Breeding Helleri

Ruber

Another Ruber

Last Ruber

Mojave

Now those are some beautiful pics!

Speck

Another Speck

Cerb

Atrox

One-Eyed Atrox

Blacktail

Banded Rock

Breeding Banded Rock

Willardi

Tiger

awesome shots, what camera are you using?

Cheers
Brett

Thanks Brett,

Most of these shots were on a Sony DSC-707. It's a pretty commonly used herp camera although it's out of production and you'd have to find one used on eBAY or something.

John

Hi John, I know the camera well, I am currently using a konica minolta 8meg pix but it took a bad fall this past spring when my father in law passed out and dragged onto the tile floor at mach 3, oddly the camera still works but has some quirks to it, I am looking at the Sony 818 which followed the 707 &717. It looks like a great camera and Sony makes good stuff as seen by your pics! Keep em coming

Cheers and Beers
Brett

I hope its not too late. If it is, enjoy the pictures. If you need locality information, let me know.

The timbers are both from Central Alabama
The Eastern and Pigmy is from South Alabama

Here is the Eastern Diamondback from South Alabama