This greenish Black-Tailed Rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus) was actually the first I had been able to take pictures of. The previous year I looked all over for them and really wanted to see one. In late October I finally found one, but it was on a busy mountain road in a severe thunderstorm and it wasn’t safe to leave the car. I had to watch it crawl off the road in front of me. This picture was taken the next March, the first snake I found that year, and my first molossus.
Crotalus molossus
Tags: arizona, black-tailed rattlesnake, Blacktail rattlesnake, Blacktailed, Crotalus molossus, desert phase, Field Herping, Superstition Mountains
This is a really good shot. I’m wondering if there’s still any time left around here before the significant cool down to do a herping trip… of anything worthy. Since moving here in March, through the summer, its just been hectic.