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Western Rattlesnake - Crotalus oreganus


Midget Faded Rattlesnake - Crotalus oreganus concolor

Woodbury, 1929

(= Crotalus concolor)
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Purple = C. o. concolor
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Midget Faded Rattlesnake Midget Faded Rattlesnake Midget Faded Rattlesnake
Adult, Coconino County, Arizona Sub-adult, Coconino County, Arizona
Midget Faded Rattlesnake Midget Faded Rattlesnake  
Sub-adult, Coconino County, Arizona  
The snakes seen above are from an area at the edge of the Grand Canyon near Page, AZ. In 2011 I learned that genetics sampling has concluded that they are not Crotalus oreganus abyssus, as they were recently labeled here, but C. o. concolor.

Prairie Rattlesnake Prairie Rattlesnake Prairie Rattlesnake
Adult, Coconino County, Arizona formerly listed as C. v. nuntius - Hopi Rattlesnake)
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