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Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake This little rattlesnake was pretending to be a backpack strap. I was thinking of picking it up to take back to the trashcan just about the time I got close enough to see it was actually a rattlesnake. Geotagged,Sistrurus miliarius barbouri,United States,dusky pygmy rattlesnake Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake

This little rattlesnake was pretending to be a backpack strap. I was thinking of picking it up to take back to the trashcan just about the time I got close enough to see it was actually a rattlesnake.

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
    Lion
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    Wow, where did you find this one? Looks like it naturally belongs there. Posted 10 years ago
  2. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    By the way, the capture date of this photo is one day into the future. I checked the original file and it is wrong there as well, so it's not a JungleDragon bug. Possibly the date on your camera is wrong? Posted 10 years ago
  3. View Meryl Green's profile
    Meryl Green
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    It definitely belongs there. This one was more obvious than they usually are, probably because it was sunning. Last one I saw I (by coincidence) stopped about six inches short of stepping on it, then looked down and saw it. That one was coiled up in the shade. All of the ones I've seen I have found in the middle of a trail.

    (I definitely took it today and not tomorrow :P; just fixed the date on my camera, thanks :) .)     Posted 10 years ago

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The Dusky pygmy rattlesnake

''Sistrurus miliarius barbouri'' is a venomous pitviper subspecies endemic to the southeastern United States.

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Similar species: Snakes And Lizards
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By Meryl Green

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Uploaded Jan 16, 2015. Captured Jan 17, 2015 13:33 in Unnamed Road, Apopka, FL 32712, USA.
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  • Canon EOS REBEL T3
  • f/8.0
  • 1/100s
  • ISO200
  • 250mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.