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Crotalus oreganus
juvenile rattlesnake curled up sleeping under a field of basalt boulders strewn on a hillside
southwestern Utah desert
Spotted on May 24, 2011
Submitted on Jan 11, 2012
3 Comments
I can't believe we have such wonderful creatures so close to my house! Consider looking by the virgin river for water moccasins. I once saw one next to the rio virgin estates in st.george as a child. It was fat on mice.
Beautiful color! Consider adding this to the Snakes of the Southwest: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1249...
Lovely spot!