This little tiny guy was out crossing a road and, in exchange for being saved from road-burgerdom, it endured a photo session on nearby rocks before going on its way.
Apr
15th
2017
Dorsal Stripe on a Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake
I saw this interesting guy in Northern Florida last October. I’ll post more photos of it later, but the dorsal stripe started with this strong rust color, and faded to a flat black. They’re very common snakes in the area, but I didn’t get sick of them in my time in Florida last year.
Apr
13th
2017
Arizona Ridgenosed Rattlesnake
A big, healthy adult seen out cruising around in the woods in the afternoon.
Apr
11th
2017
Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnakes in the Phoenix Mountains
These guys are very common throughout most of Phoenix mountain ranges, even relatively minor rocky areas. This one lives alongside a trail area and I’ve seen him a couple of times now.
Apr
9th
2017
Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake in Northern Florida
Pygmy rattlesnakes really are small. This is how I saw almost every one of the dozens I was able to find and photograph over 2 trips to Florida in 2016.
Apr
7th
2017
More Great Basin Rattlesnakes from Southwestern Idaho
The den is broken up, for the most part, into groups of one to two males, each with several females (like this one below) sitting around.
One of the secondary males in this particular group. About once a day he would challenge the big male, but was always quickly chased off without even going into combat. Come on man you can do it
Other areas are all female. These are all decently sized adult snakes, but for some reason are not associated with any males, and are here year after year. Could they be gravid?
This one is pretty big, moving out from one of the main den areas to one of the staging areas quite a distance away. This part of the Spring, when they are starting to leave the den, is when they are most active.
This female got something to eat and was out hoping for some sun … which I don’t believe happened that day. It was cloudy and around 60F all day, so hopefully she found the warmth she needed to digest such a big meal.
Apr
5th
2017
More Great Basin Rattlesnakes
Having too many shots of Great Basin Rattlesnakes is a great problem to have! Here are several more.
Apr
3rd
2017
Sonoran Groundsnake Variability
Here are 3 snakes of the same species found in Arizona, showing just a tiny amount of the variability possible. Groundsnakes are one of the more common snake species in Arizona, though are not always commonly seen due to their fossorial habits.
These latter 2 are more how they look in the Phoenix area.
Mar
28th
2017
Costal Horned Lizard from San Diego County, California
When looking for Red Diamond Rattlesnakes, a few of these are always certain to turn up.
Mar
26th
2017
Mojave Rattlesnake from Phoenix
Not as common to see right in Phoenix; I love the look of those that we actually do find closer to the city, like this one fro the Peoria area.
