Diamondback or Mojave?

[MegF.]

Where I used to live, we only had mojaves and southern pacifics. There wasn't any way there could be anything else and mojaves and southerns look quite different from each other! Mojaves didn't come as far south as where I lived either so the southern was it. We did spend a lot of time in the desert though, where both made their homes.

 

[tyflier]

Where I used to live, we only had mojaves and southern pacifics. There wasn't any way there could be anything else and mojaves and southerns look quite different from each other! Mojaves didn't come as far south as where I lived either so the southern was it. We did spend a lot of time in the desert though, where both made their homes.

Where did you live? The Mojave Rattlesnake is a south-dwelling snake. There are 2 subspecies, the Northern and the Southern. The Northern is the only one that comes as far north as the U.S. Where did you live that it didn't come far enough south?

 

[MegF.]

I lived in Southern California (in Canyon Country). The only rattler we had was the southern pacific. You ran into the mojave greens once you got out to lancaster/palmdale and into mojave desert. Never found a northern there.

 

[tyflier]

I lived in Southern California (in Canyon Country). The only rattler we had was the southern pacific. You ran into the mojave greens once you got out to lancaster/palmdale and into mojave desert. Never found a northern there.

Ahh...too far west. They don't extend very far outside of the Mojave/Great Basin desert regions. Mojaves are a true desert species, and the coast is just too mild in temperature and too moist in humidity...

Also, I was referring to the "Mojave Green" as a "Northern Mojave". You could potentially find a Northern Pacific in that neck of the woods, though. There is some overlap in the NorPac/SoPac range, right in that general area of the coast. Sorry for the confusion.