Mohave Rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus)

Created: September 18th, 2009 - 09:34 AM
Last Modified: November 30th, 2009 - 11:19 AM Entered by: Ron Morgan
Record 30000

Country: United States		State: California	County: San Bernardino County	Time: 2009-09-17 17:55:00
Qty: 1	Age: Adult	Sex: --	Method: Visual encounter	Habitat: High Desert
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: 93.00F	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: 20%
Sky Conditions: Clear		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: 3900.00ft	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

This was a beautiful lightly hued Mojave Rattlesnake. It came out of my garden just before 6PM, when the heat of the day was breaking. The snake was crossing my driveway. It seemed much more relaxed than other rattlesnake encounters. It did not coil up, nor did it rattle. It was one calm, cool snake.

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Comments

Posted by Brian Hinds-AKA Fundad on Sep 19, 2009 at 09:59 AM

Hi Ron, A new button is added to the rattle everytime the snake sheds, Which is often many times each year. Therefore there is know why to tell how old a rattlesnake is by looking at it. Hope this helps for future finds...

Nice entry though..

Fundad

Posted by Ron Morgan on Sep 19, 2009 at 09:20 AM

By counting the buttons on the rattle. Rattlesnakes generally add one new button each year.

Posted by Brian Hinds-AKA Fundad on Sep 19, 2009 at 02:17 AM

How do you know how old it is?