Northern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus oreganus)

Created: January 27th, 2015 - 02:41 PM
Last Modified: January 27th, 2015 - 02:52 PM Entered by: Alan St. John
Record 214769

Country: United States		State: Oregon	County: Yamhill County	Time: 1957-00-00 00:00:00
Qty: 1	Age: Adult	Sex: --	Method:	Habitat: Oak woodlands
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Notes

I found this old photo in the archives of the News Register (McMinnville, Oregon newspaper). It shows a decapitated Northern Pacific Rattlesnake that was killed during 1957 near the small farming community of Whiteson, at the edge of the Amity Hills. As far as I know, this is the last documented Yamhill County native rattlesnake. Typical of most C. o. oreganus from Oregon's mid Willamette Valley, it had a unique dorsal pattern of crossbars extending from the tail nearly to the neck.

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Comments

Posted by Jonathan Hakim on May 16, 2015 at 10:38 AM

Very surprising record!