ID help, rattle snake in Vegas

voniboi · 04-06-16, 11:15 PM

Saw it while hiking at red rock canyon in Nevada Las Vegas.I saw the rattle so I didn't go too close but I got some close up pics, and I don't know much about snakes but I thought it was a Mojave Rattlesnake. anybody know?
I'll try and attatch the pictures

D Grade · 05-11-16, 04:12 PM

Need a picture, but there are a few species native to the area. You have Western Diamondback's (Crotalus Atrox), Mojave's (Crotalus Scutulatus), Speckled's (Crotalus Mitchelli Pyrrhus), Great Basin's (Crotalus Viridis Lutosis), Sidewinder's (Crotalus Cerastes Cerastes), and Panamint's (Crotalus Mitchellii Stephensi).

voniboi · 05-12-16, 09:40 AM

https://goo.gl/photos/WG4CWk6hoGqbFFkJA

voniboi · 05-12-16, 09:41 AM

Here's a pic of the snake I couldn't upload it before. Btw it was not high elevation

D Grade · 05-15-16, 09:00 PM

Looks like C.O. Lutosis (Great Basin Rattlesnake) to me. They vary greatly from range to range in appearance. Definitely a must find for me personally.

CrotalusR#1 · 05-15-16, 11:56 PM

It is C.stephensi or C.pyrrhus, but deafiantyl one of the 2. Hard to tell with out seeing the head, the banding makes me lean towards stephensi. Pretty snake.