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This is a list of the known snakes of Arizona. [1] The Arizona State Reptile is the Arizona ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi willardi). [2] Snakes.
Common names: Hopi rattlesnake, [2] Arizona prairie rattlesnake, prairie rattlesnake. [3]Crotalus viridis nuntius is a venomous pit viper subspecies [4] native primarily to the desert plateau of the northeastern portion of the American state of Arizona, but also ranges into northwestern New Mexico.
The Arizona black rattlesnake is the first species of snake observed to exhibit complex social behavior, [11] and like all temperate pit vipers, care for their babies. Females remain with their young in nests for 7 to 14 days, and mothers have been observed cooperatively parenting their broods.
It seems like sort of a strange thing for the state of Arizona to be offering as a giveaway. A poster describing the rattlesnakes hardly seems like a could way to attract tourist dollars.
Crotalus willardi is a rather small rattlesnake with all subspecies measuring one to two feet (30–60 cm) in length. Color patterns are generally a dark brown base with pale or white horizontal striping, but vary slightly among subspecies.
The southwestern United States in the desert region of eastern California, southern Nevada, extreme southwestern Utah, and western Arizona, northwestern Mexico in western Sonora and eastern Baja California C. cerberus (Coues, 1875) 0 Arizona black rattlesnake Central Arizona to western New Mexico C. concolor (Woodbury, 1929) 0
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An Arizona man called a snake removal company after seeing what he thought were three rattlesnakes lurking in the garage of his Mesa home. There actually were 20 snakes — five adult western ...