I found this young Black-Tailed Rattlesnake, Crotalus molossus, in the New River mountains, in a pretty amazing spot that also is home to a good many Crotalus cerberus. This is also the youngest molossus I’ve ever seen in the wild. For only having two rattle segments, it was surprisingly large.
Crotalus molossus
Crotalus molossus
Blacktail
… and you’ll have to endure my playing with HDR and the RAW format.
HDR version
Tags: arizona, black-tailed, Blacktail, Crotalus molossus, Yavapai County
