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Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake (Crotalus mitchellii pyrrhus)
Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake Photograph by Chris Brown. License: Public Domain. (view image details) 
Speckled Rattlesnake, San Diego County, CA Photograph by Athene cunicularia. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
SOUTHWESTERN SPECKLED RATTLESNAKE FACTS
DescriptionThe Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake varies in color from white to dark grey or shades of pink or orange. It has dark diffused bands on the back. The scales are keeled scales. The head is large. It has salt-and-pepper speckles over the back. The tail has black and white bands that incompletely encircle the tail. Similar species: Crotalus ruber: Has distinct diamond pattern on back and the black and white tail bands completely encircle tail. Crotalus viridis: Has diamond pattern on back and prominent eye stripe, but does not have black and white tail bands. Size Length: 55-100 cm Environment rocky hillsides and outcrops Food small mammals, lizards, and birds Breeding Live-bearing. The young born in July and August. Range southern California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and western Arizona. Mexico in northwestern Sonora and northern Baja California. Notes The Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake is venomous and dangerous to humans. Classification
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