Black Sunday (and Saturday)

[John Slone]

Not the best images I have produced but I figured you all might get a kick out of them.

Arizona Black Rattlesnakes
(Crotalus cerberus)

http://johnslone.smugmug.com/photos/518665545_B3cey-L.jpg

http://johnslone.smugmug.com/photos/518665556_vy4YE-L.jpg

http://johnslone.smugmug.com/photos/518665673_h4cff-L.jpg

Cheers,

John

[bfjr]

very cool :thumb

quite the little family gathering :D

[kdog]

Boy, watch where you step, eh? :wow

Nice catches. I would have guessed Western Diamondback.

Cheers,
-joel

[John Slone]

Here is a Western Diamond-Backed Rattlesnake

http://johnslone.smugmug.com/photos/177741244_Arr6n-L.jpg

Athough commonly not this red the two animals look somewhat different. And even though you can occasionally find the two inhabiting similar areas, C.cerberus tend to stick to higher elevation in Arizona while C. atrox tend to stick to the desert floor.

Cheers,

John

[Art Scott]

Snakes are very beautiful....nice captures...
:thumb:thumb:thumb:thumb:thumb:bow:bow:bow:bow:bow .....
I used to keep Velvet Tailed (timber rattler) rattlesnakes on my front porch, to deter the sales men of any sort.......and others not really wanted to be bothered by..............:D
But they were beautiful with that solid jet black tail.....

[John Slone]

Like this guy!! doesn't show the tail but that's your snake.

http://johnslone.smugmug.com/photos/519393834_nxFCN-L.jpg


http://johnslone.smugmug.com/photos/519393751_9KTvB-L.jpg


Cheers,

John

[Maestro]

Very cool snake images. I'd love to have a lot more snakes and reptiles in general.