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05-29-2002, 06:22 PM
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I know it's not the best pic. All the info I can give is I took it at the "sonoran desert' exhibit at the NC zoo this past weekend...
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05-29-2002, 07:16 PM
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It looks a little like a blacktail rattler, Crotalus molossus.
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05-29-2002, 07:59 PM
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What about the light colored one? Hypo or something?
There was a black tailed rattler, as I recall...perhaps that's what they are...
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05-29-2002, 08:11 PM
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Thats kind of what I was thinking too, but I didn't even realize they got so light in color. The pic is very dark on my screen, but I dropped it into Photoshop so I could see it. =)
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05-29-2002, 08:21 PM
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Those definately Blacktails. i have not seen any quite that light. You have to remember that the color of rattlesnakes veries a great deal throughout their range. Timber rattlesnakes are a prime example. They range from black, green, yellow, rust, and "Canebrake". The molossus that I generally see have very dark markings and look more like an Eastern Diamondback than anything else. That is one pair of beautiful snakes. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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05-29-2002, 08:24 PM
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Yeah... I'd love a pair of blacktails that looked like that. =) I'm still waiting on one for my collection, but he's from W. Texas. Black & white, very contrasty.
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Here are a few more pics of Black Tails that Jaffo has taken.
The first one is the desert phase which seems to be represented int eh original pic. The second is a more standard High Contrast molossus.
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