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Field notes and photography by Bryan D. Hughes
Jun
24th
2014

Great Basin Rattlesnake Heading Out Into Spring

This was the first large rattlesnake to emerge from this den in North/Central Idaho. This place has to be right at the limit of high elevation and Northern range of these snakes – when I first heard of this location, I was almost skeptical of the identification, thinking that the Northern Pacific rattlesnake would be a more likely bet. I was wrong – we watched 10 Great Basin Rattlesnakes climb out of the rocks over the course of a few hours on a rather chilly, windy day.

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