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Crotalus Atrox
A pair of Crotalus Atrox. Both were a beautiful dark brown color morph that I've never seen outside of this area.
Landslid boulders near the top of a mesa. The snakes were up against a sandstone layer above a boulder field.
Near White Mesa bike trails. I've seen two other Atrox with the same color scheme within two miles of here. It was a pretty cool day, the high only being 64 F, so I was surprised to see them. I also saw a neonate Atrox about half a mile from these two, but was unable to photograph him. The neonate had a much more typical, and much lighter color morph.
Spotted on Oct 31, 2015
Submitted on Nov 4, 2015
2 Comments
Interesting spotting - great seeing the snake in its natural environment! Thanks for sharing this.
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