Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake – Crotalus mitchellii pyrrhus
This superb and beautiful rattlesnake is the subspecies Crotalus mitchellii pyrrhus (Viperidae), a venomous viper found throughout much of southern California north to aproximately the Mojave river, east into Nevada and extreme southwest Utah, south into Arizona and southern Baja California Norte.
This subspecies exhibits a great variety of body coloration which usually allows the snake to blend into its environment, from off-white, yellowish, gray, tan, pinkish, pale orange, to brown. Snakes from dark lava bed environments can be almost all black.
Bites on humans are potentially dangerous without immediate medical treatment.
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Photo credit: ©Rich | Locality: not indicated (2009)
