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Field notes and photography by Bryan D. Hughes
Mar
5th
2017

Dark Speckled Rattlesnake from Volcanic Outcrops

Even within contiguous habitat, some speckled rattlesnakes groups may be darker than in the surrounding areas. This is one example – one of a much darker-than-usual group that lives in a relatively small section of volcanic rock, completely surrounded by iron-rich rock. A short distance from where these snakes live, they are the more typical orange/red color they are throughout the rest of that range. This is by no means the darkest seen there, either. I have seen one young one that is grey on black, and will likely darken as it ages.

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