Prairie rattlesnake

I love snakes, but I have to say my worse snake be a rattlesnake, why? because I was on a hiking trip in the Appalachian mountains coming from Maine and we arrived in the blue ridge area in Va. and I sat on a rock only to be bit on my left leg by a Eastern Diamond Back Rattlesnake, my trip ended 2 days early as I was flown to Richmond to treat my snake bite, he had strike me 4 times and hit me on the last bite... he was very aggressive..but still love them no matter the risk, I always handle Cobras, Mangrove snake,Sea Crates and vine snakes which all are deadly but i learned to handle them without fear, after my bite I really appreciate them even more especially here in Borneo snakes...I just most worry of Russels Viper the most because i do landscaping work in their areas sadly. Nice pictures you take.

Here is a link to my blog on scientific nomenclature:
http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/3133882...

AshleyT,
It was not my intention to be condescending. I am a professional herpetologist and have been so since the early 1990's. Names do change, but the 3 major professional herpetological societies (The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, The Herpetologists' League and the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles) all use the checklist for which I provided the link.

It is certainly your option on whether you wish to use the professional standard or not. I have not made any suggestions or changed the scientific names on any of your spottings. But as a professional and as a Project Noah Ranger, it is my responsibility to make suggested ID's to the Project Noah community with the current accepted nomenclature. Again, it is not my intention to be rude, but I will continue trying to be accurate.

Very nice!

Here is the official checklist for scientific names for reptiles and amphibians in the US:

http://www.ssarherps.org/pages/comm_name...