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wow! and that's not enough of a superlative. these are really amazing!

Space Cowboy wrote:Just came across this, Desert Magazine, February 1978, page 41,'Mojave Rattlesnake Combat Dance': http://www.dezertmagazine.com/mine/1978DM02/index.html

that's really interesting with some awesome photos. of course had to read more stories. one can never read just one in desert magazine.

spiny wrote:The only things dumber than defacing a historical treasure is signing your name to the act. The guy got off too easy.

i agree. probation is was too easy for sure. i think he should have gotten jail time and a lot of media coverage for his actions, maybe, just maybe it would act as a deterrent.

the last one is particularly nice.

Glad to see you finally got your answer Lara. I can see why some were confused in thinking they are panamints. When I originally posted the correction on your Flickr page I figured there would be some who might still believe they are stephensi. Very close to this area are some possible spots where ...

the herpetologist at cornell definitely IDed the snakes as c. mitchellii pyrrhus.

i always think water in the desert is such a miraculous thing. wonderful image!

beautiful! but i can't help but wonder, how do you clean their cages. i suppose the answer would be "very carefully."

well, based on the owner of http://www.californiaherps.com/ i am going with the mitchelii ID. here is what he says: "Based solely on the range descriptions I have read, I'd say they're mitchellii. Stephensi occurs north of the Mojave river. " we were south of the river. and his is also the...

WOW! I've never seen rattlesnake combat...You are SO lucky to have witnessed that! I've seen thousands of snakes, but never combat... As to the identity of your snakes, they are Crotalus stephensi (Panamint rattlesnakes). Thank you for sharing! -Kris kris, are you positive on the id? the tail rings...