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| Crotalus viridis
The prairie rattlesnake has one of the largest distributions of all the rattlesnakes. They occur at varying elevations up to 9,000+
feet in parts of New Mexico. |
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| Adult male. Eddy County, NM. May 2004. |
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| From northeastern Arizona where it used to be nuntius. Sunk into viridis, this "Hopi rattlesnake" was
green and almost 3 feet in length. Navajo County, AZ. September 2005. |
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| A more classic "nuntius" type. This animal was less than 18 inches and reddish brown. Coconino County,
AZ. August 2006. |
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| A green adult male. Grant County, NM. May 2007. |
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| A faded viridis. Socorro County, NM. August 2007. |
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| A faded viridis from the lower Rio Grande Valley in New Mexico. Doña Ana County, NM. August
2008. |
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| A male from near the Davis Mountains. Jeff Davis County, TX. May 2010. |
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| A large male from the rolling hills outside of the Black Range. Sierra County, NM. August 2010. |
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| A male flipped under tin one cool morning at about 6,000 ft in elevation. Torrance County, NM. May
2013. |
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| A greenish adult. Hidalgo County, NM. July 2013. |
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| A juvenile in situ in talus at just under 9,000 feet in elevation. Catron County, NM. July
2013. |
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| A grayish adult. Hidalgo County, NM. August 2013. |
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| A young adult out sunning on a dirt road in the morning. Luna County, NM. September 2013. |
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| Viridis from the Rio Grande Valley in New Mexico often exhibit light coloration with faint blotches.
Socorro County, NM. May 2017. |
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