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Crotalus oreganus oreganus
4+ Feet long, 3+ inches around
woodlands
That's a rattler if I ever saw one. BEAUTIFUL specimen. What a photo. Such a graceful creature, but please keep your distance from these. I made the mistake of getting too close to one, and discovered that when coiled up like this, they can spring forward several feet. I support Scott's I.D.