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Prairie Rattlesnake

Crotalus viridis

Habitat:

Grasslands

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7 Comments

Priyankar
Priyankar 9 years ago

Nice click !

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 9 years ago

Interesting, thanks!

KevinUrbanek
KevinUrbanek 9 years ago

We observed what appeared to be a Prairie Rattlesnake beginning to eat a Texas Horned Lizard. The Horned Lizard was close, if not dead. We assumed the Rattlesnake had killed the Horned Lizard as prey. This picture is in-situ, unfortunately time did not allow for us to complete the observation and our presence seemed to make the snake a little reluctant to continue. We left the snake and lizard as seen. We were with a State Land Board Biologist who said this prey item has been recorded before, in one case causing death to the snake. Interesting observation.

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 9 years ago

wow fantastic!

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 9 years ago

Nice photos! How about a little more detail? What happened between the two? That snake has really flattened itself out and the lizard has really blown itself up!

hernandezwolf99
hernandezwolf99 9 years ago

Ooh a rattlesnake and a horned lizard. Watch out snake!

Jae
Jae 9 years ago

Nice find and awesome pictures.

KevinUrbanek
Spotted by
KevinUrbanek

Colorado, USA

Spotted on May 17, 2014
Submitted on May 20, 2014

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