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    Rattle snake ID?

    A friend sent me this pic. Can't say I have seen a pattern like this before.

    What is it?

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    #2
    Sorry can't help ya, but it's a good looking rattlesnake Brent. Was this here in Montgomery Cty?

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      #3
      we call them ground rattlers they only get about 3 feet long. had one bite me 4 years ago

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        #4
        x2 going with ground rattlers

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          What's a ground rattler? Must be an North Tx thing

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            #6
            It's a prairie rattler.

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              #7
              Looks to me to be DEAD!!!!!!!!

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                #8
                Pigmy rattlesnake? Looks similar to one my dog was nose to nose at state park in Wichita Falls. Park ranger said " wow a pigmy"

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                  #9
                  Its a dead rattler. DUH!



                  Dern, legshot beat me to it.

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                    #10
                    anybody ever seen or killed a grey rattle snake? i think they are called rock rattlers

                    i killed one north of sonora. you could here him rattling in between the rocks as we walked over them.

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                      #11
                      We call them prairie rattlers.

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                        #12
                        Pygmy is a little darker grey. Anyhow it's a good one!



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                          #13
                          Is that a western massasauga?

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Rakkasan2187 View Post
                            It's a prairie rattler.
                            Yep that what we call them around our place.

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                              #15
                              Prairie Rattler. According to this website Texas has 10 species of rattle bugs !! http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/o...articles/tdr01

                              RATTLESNAKES. Texas has some ten rattlesnake species and subspecies, more than any other state except Arizona. Only three species interact significantly with human beings, however-the western diamondback (Crotalus atrox), the prairie (C. viridus viridus), and the eastern timber or canebrake (C. horridus atricaudatus). These species are widely distributed, are comparatively large, and often exhibit an aggressive temperament. The western diamondback (atrox denotes "frightful" or "grim") accounts for nearly all the state's serious cases of venom poisoning. The venom of all three species contains both neurotoxically active peptide components and a larger complement of enzymatic fractions that destroy blood and tissue. Diamondback venom has more of the latter as well as about a third greater overall potency than the toxins of either C. viridus or C. horridus.

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