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Different Color Rattler
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06/13/24 05:02 PM
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Stompy
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Came across this fella this morning. About 3' long. A different color than I've seen before. The westerns are generally a sorta dark golden/tan color. I wonder if this is a western, or something else?
Last edited by Stompy; 06/13/24 06:30 PM.
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Re: Different Color Rattler
[Re: Stompy]
#9061411
06/13/24 05:07 PM
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Almost all I see are this color. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2024/06/full-20641-422809-814.jpg)
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Re: Different Color Rattler
[Re: Stompy]
#9061412
06/13/24 05:12 PM
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TurkeyHunter
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Could be getting close to molting maybe?
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Re: Different Color Rattler
[Re: Stompy]
#9061426
06/13/24 05:44 PM
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Re: Different Color Rattler
[Re: Stompy]
#9061458
06/13/24 07:11 PM
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ntxtrapper
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When I gassed them I would get color variations like that. It didn't seem to be related to age.
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Re: Different Color Rattler
[Re: Stompy]
#9061471
06/13/24 07:27 PM
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SnakeWrangler
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Beautiful snake! I’ve caught them almost black (Matagorda bay), to red (Sweetwater), to almost white (Salado) like that one.
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: Different Color Rattler
[Re: Stompy]
#9061478
06/13/24 07:37 PM
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ntxtrapper
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I gassed and sold a bunch one time and one was the color of Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill. The guys at the buyer's place made good sport of me and the pink snake 
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Re: Different Color Rattler
[Re: SnakeWrangler]
#9061485
06/13/24 08:05 PM
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Beautiful snake! I’ve caught them almost black (Matagorda bay), to red (Sweetwater), to almost white (Salado) like that one. Got any pics of those color phases? would be cool to see.
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Re: Different Color Rattler
[Re: Stompy]
#9061499
06/13/24 08:53 PM
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The only one I've seen that light was down on Padre Island. I figured it was an adaptation to the lighter colored sand vs normal dirt. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/eMQk2h3.jpg)
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Re: Different Color Rattler
[Re: Stompy]
#9061503
06/13/24 09:01 PM
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Bois D'arc
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Came across this fella this morning. About 3' long. A different color than I've seen before. The westerns are generally a sorta dark golden/tan color. I wonder if this is a western, or something else? Ive seen ones like this in southern new mexico.
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Re: Different Color Rattler
[Re: Stompy]
#9061510
06/13/24 09:22 PM
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Beautiful...........! Western diamondback rattlesnakes (Crotalus atrox) can have a variety of colors, including:
Ground color: Khaki, pinkish, fallow, brick red, yellowish blonde, or white
Dorsal blotches: Brown or umber, with 23–45 blotches on average
Diamond patterns: Dark, diamond-shaped spots on the back, outlined in white or yellow
Stripes: Two prominent stripes on the face
Tail: Alternating black and white banding
Spartans ask not...how many, but where!
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Re: Different Color Rattler
[Re: Stompy]
#9061597
06/14/24 01:45 AM
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Different designs and colors. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2024/06/full-29085-422825-img_1098.jpeg)
Uprisings started or quelled, tornadoes rerouted, elections rigged.
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Re: Different Color Rattler
[Re: bluetopper]
#9061609
06/14/24 02:13 AM
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kry226
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Different designs and colors. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2024/06/full-29085-422825-img_1098.jpeg) Yup, but that's not a diamond back...
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Re: Different Color Rattler
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#9061610
06/14/24 02:19 AM
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bluetopper
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Different designs and colors. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2024/06/full-29085-422825-img_1098.jpeg) Yup, but that's not a diamond back... But it's sure a Texas rattlesnake.
Last edited by bluetopper; 06/14/24 02:21 AM.
Uprisings started or quelled, tornadoes rerouted, elections rigged.
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Re: Different Color Rattler
[Re: Stompy]
#9061612
06/14/24 02:25 AM
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Here’s another Texas rattlesnake I picked up with a rake, like a fool with a cell phone in the other hand. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2024/06/full-29085-422828-img_1099.jpeg)
Last edited by bluetopper; 06/14/24 02:27 AM.
Uprisings started or quelled, tornadoes rerouted, elections rigged.
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Re: Different Color Rattler
[Re: Stompy]
#9061632
06/14/24 03:30 AM
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 Looks like it got a tint of blue. 
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Re: Different Color Rattler
[Re: bluetopper]
#9061658
06/14/24 11:04 AM
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Different designs and colors. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2024/06/full-29085-422825-img_1098.jpeg) Yup, but that's not a diamond back... But it's sure a Texas rattlesnake. Here’s another Texas rattlesnake I picked up with a rake, like a fool with a cell phone in the other hand. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2024/06/full-29085-422828-img_1099.jpeg) Both areTimber (or canebrake) rattlesnakes…..same one as found in New England….huge range and typically passive snakes… ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2024/06/full-25921-422851-img_6473.jpeg)
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: Different Color Rattler
[Re: SnakeWrangler]
#9061680
06/14/24 12:55 PM
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flintknapper
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Different designs and colors. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2024/06/full-29085-422825-img_1098.jpeg) Yup, but that's not a diamond back... But it's sure a Texas rattlesnake. Here’s another Texas rattlesnake I picked up with a rake, like a fool with a cell phone in the other hand. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2024/06/full-29085-422828-img_1099.jpeg) Both areTimber (or canebrake) rattlesnakes…..same one as found in New England….huge range and typically passive snakes… ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2024/06/full-25921-422851-img_6473.jpeg) Yep, when mature..... a BIG, Thick, Strong snake. And as you said.....normally a non-aggressive, mild tempered snake (if not harassed). We have them in parts of East Texas. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2024/06/full-56101-422859-canebrake2.jpg)
Spartans ask not...how many, but where!
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Re: Different Color Rattler
[Re: Stompy]
#9061709
06/14/24 01:58 PM
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Sidebuster
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Came across this fella this morning. About 3' long. A different color than I've seen before. The westerns are generally a sorta dark golden/tan color. I wonder if this is a western, or something else? I saw one of these last year in Foard County but a lot smaller.
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Re: Different Color Rattler
[Re: Stompy]
#9061874
06/14/24 08:31 PM
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I've never seen one that color. Pretty cool
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Re: Different Color Rattler
[Re: brushcountryhunter]
#9061875
06/14/24 08:32 PM
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Beautiful snake! I’ve caught them almost black (Matagorda bay), to red (Sweetwater), to almost white (Salado) like that one. Got any pics of those color phases? would be cool to see. I agree, please post them if you have some pics.
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Re: Different Color Rattler
[Re: Triplesnake]
#9061947
06/14/24 11:27 PM
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The only one I've seen that light was down on Padre Island. I figured it was an adaptation to the lighter colored sand vs normal dirt. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/eMQk2h3.jpg) The one I came across was very similar color on a limestone outcropping. Mostly light grey with black and white outlined diamonds….
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: Different Color Rattler
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#9061951
06/14/24 11:39 PM
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Beautiful snake! I’ve caught them almost black (Matagorda bay), to red (Sweetwater), to almost white (Salado) like that one. Got any pics of those color phases? would be cool to see. I agree, please post them if you have some pics. I don’t have ready access to the pics. I looked on line for pics similar to the one I came across. They were in an old Laptop that I saved the hard drive and have jump drives with old pics. The light one was similar to the one triplesnake posted above and this photo I pulled from a google search trying to find images of similar snakes. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2024/06/full-25921-422913-img_6496.jpeg) The dark one was just a little lighter than this one and I had an old cellphone pic. I don’t believe that it was melanistic but just a really dark individual…. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2024/06/full-25921-422914-img_6494.jpeg) The red pair I caught at my grandparents place in Sweetwater. Both were dark red colored and I thought it was stain from the red soil and thought they would be “normal” color once they shed. I kept them them for several years and they both shed multiple times always retaining their red color. Looked something like this. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2024/06/full-25921-422915-img_6493.jpeg) And as a bonus I came across this piebald rattlesnake picture while looking for pictures representing the one I came across. This is one very cool rattlesnake! ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2024/06/full-25921-422916-img_6492.jpeg)
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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