Panamint Rattlesnake (Crotalus stephensi)

Created: March 19th, 2010 - 11:59 PM
Last Modified: September 1st, 2020 - 06:13 PM Entered by: Brian Hinds-AKA Fundad
Record 40347

Country: United States		State: California	County: Kern County	Time: 2010-03-18 14:58:00
Qty: 1	Age: Adult	Sex: --	Method: Rock flipping	Habitat: Mojave Desert Rocky
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: 72.00F	Ground Temperature: 89.00F	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Clear		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: 3229.00ft	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

2 of 3 found..

To me these snakes ID out to
Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake
(Crotalus mitchellii pyrrhus)

Or Intergrade at best. SE corner of Kern County

Vouchers

Comments

Posted by Brian Hinds-AKA Fundad on Mar 29, 2010 at 11:30 PM

Thanks a million for the lead Carl. I'll check it out.. :)

Posted by Carl Brune on Mar 29, 2010 at 11:26 PM

The SE corner could be pyrrhus, IMO. See M.E. Douglas et al., Copeia 2007(4) 920-932.

Posted by Brian Hinds-AKA Fundad on Mar 29, 2010 at 08:59 AM

Hmmm.. Your not the first to tell me this.. LOL.. Thanks... Sure ID's as a Speck or and intergrade at best....

Posted by Brad Alexander on Mar 28, 2010 at 10:23 AM

You got this in Kern County? If so, should be a Panamint.