PDA

View Full Version : Timber Rattler


Timber Rattler

leper65
10-18-2006, 04:26 PM
Came across a Timber Rattler leaving work this afternoon. Thought I'd share:

http://www.geocities.com/leper65/DSC01036.JPG

And another:

http://www.geocities.com/leper65/DSC01040.JPG

Weebonilass
10-18-2006, 04:28 PM
Some nice pictures there. Silly thing shouldn't be on asphalt though... it means its too close to humans. I hope it was headed off in the opposite directions???

I prefer to see them in the depths of the wild, so stoopid people can't show how "smart" they are :(

leper65
10-18-2006, 05:34 PM
He was just sitting there warming up I guess. The road is actually a very seldom travelled one, just the same I hope he moved along quickly. I wasn't getting out of the truck to shoo him along though.

Nanci
10-18-2006, 07:20 PM
I don't see any pictures...

desertanimal
10-18-2006, 08:23 PM
My favorite rattlesnake, I think. THanks!

mike17l
10-19-2006, 12:31 AM
My favorite rattlesnake, I think. THanks!

I believe mine is Crotalus lepidus lepidus
http://www.southtexasherps.com/sitebuilder/images/281901592_l-159x147.jpg
or Crotalus concolor
http://ntrc.tamuk.edu/download/coc04.jpg
or Crotalus abyssus
http://ntrc.tamuk.edu/download/coa01.jpg
One of these guys is my favorite, but not sure which one. As a note, I did take the first pic of a lep that I found, the other two pics are not mine.

Nanci
10-19-2006, 05:20 AM
I logged out and back in- now we can see one. We relocated a hatchling a few weeks ago that was having a little nap on asphalt like that, right in a neighborhood.

My favorite is the Pigmy.

Nanci

MegF.
10-19-2006, 12:30 PM
Nice! Looks thin though. Wonder if it hasn't been eating well. Found one of those when I was looking at a house on 23 acres that we were going to buy. I would have bought it just for the snake potential but we ended up not getting it :(