snake in the grass

keith · Post by **keith** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 5:05 am

Spring time watch out for these guys in the grass. Pacific rattler he didn't even rattle as I walked right by, caught a peek out of the corner of my eye as I passed . I didn't get this close my phone has a zoom on it.

keith · Post by **keith** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 5:10 am

A little less zoomed in. Shadow of my phone as I take the pic. Thousand Oaks CA

jfabiao · Post by **jfabiao** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 8:05 am

Wonderful.

kristian_Fossmo · Post by **kristian_Fossmo** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 8:11 am

Beautiful!. I love snakes, we only have three species here in Sweden, but our Vipera berus is a real beauty, and pretty mild to the bite in comparison…

keith · Post by **keith** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 8:06 pm

This is were the snake lives. Nice habitat for snakes. I've seen racers and gopher snakes also.

Snakes in Sweden awesome. I'm going to have to Search this now.

GermanStar · Post by **GermanStar** » Sat Apr 18, 2015 3:35 am

Found this sleepy-head a few days ago up in the mountains.

Crotalus viridis (Prairie Rattlesnake)

keith · Post by **keith** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 6:32 pm

Nice pic. Much lighter color out in the desert must be a Western Diamond back ?

GermanStar · Post by **GermanStar** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 7:23 pm

No, this is Crotalus viridis (Prairie Rattlesnake), from up in the mountains rather than the low desert where I reside. We have diamondbacks coming through our yard just about every night through summer. They do look a bit similar, no doubt.

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 12:04 pm

Fascinating, snakes aren't something we see much of here in the UK (outside of a zoo that is). Thanks for sharing.

keith · Post by **keith** » Tue May 05, 2015 4:37 pm

Kingsnake in grass. Simi Valley CA

madaboutsnails · Post by **madaboutsnails** » Wed May 06, 2015 7:41 am

Gary wrote:Fascinating, snakes aren't something we see much of here in the UK (outside of a zoo that is). Thanks for sharing.

We have 3 native snakes. The adder or viper, which is our only poisonous one, the grass snake and the smooth snake. Not to mention a couple of large naturalised populations of the European aesculapian.
My BF discovered a LARGE rat snake in his Fathers flat (who is notoriously untidy and chaotic) under and armchair while looking for a lost book! Gave him a nasty fright.

adetheproducer · Post by **adetheproducer** » Wed May 06, 2015 8:06 am

Lush Californian king snake, I used to have one of those as a pet. Excellent escape artists.

jp29 · Post by **jp29** » Wed May 06, 2015 1:32 pm

.......... and in the greenhouse (Gopher snake):

......... and it pays to watch your step outside in the early morning this time of the year here in Tucson ..........

keith · Post by **keith** » Thu May 07, 2015 3:53 pm

and it pays to watch your step outside in the early morning this time of the year here in Tucson'

yea no doubt.

That must be a western Diamond Back. I say one at the Desert Museum just cruising across the walking path , it seemed faster and slimmer than the pacific rattlesnake.

jp29 · Post by **jp29** » Thu May 07, 2015 4:48 pm

keith wrote:.......... That must be a western Diamond Back. I say one at the Desert Museum just cruising across the walking path , it seemed faster and slimmer than the pacific rattlesnake.

I am no snake expert, Keith, but I think you are correct.

Here are some rattlesnakes captured on the greenhouse grounds (early morning). We use a non-harmful capture stick -- put them in large plastic garbage cans -- and release them in the desert away from the greenhouse so they will not startle or be a danger to visitors:

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