Rattlesnake Behind a Toy Box Western Diamondback Rattlesnake found behind a toy box in Scottsdale. It happens :) Any place they can get out of the sun is going to be a potentially useful...

Rattlesnake Behind a Toy Box

Pregnant Rattlesnake Released A female Western Diamondback Rattlesnake is released into deep cover where she can survive the heat of the day. Reptiles can easily die when they get too hot...

Pregnant Rattlesnake Released

Snake in the Break Room A snake in the breakroom. I mean, not much of a snake, but not what people want to see when they go to get some coffee. Thankfully, it's a harmless Sonoran G...

Snake in the Break Room

Gila Monster in my Driveway! From way back when it was still chilly at night: a bumpy buddy crossing my driveway.

Gila Monster in my Driveway!

Where Did The Rattlesnake Go? Sometimes rattlesnakes move when we're on route, but they're usually pretty easy to find (usually!)

Where Did The Rattlesnake Go?

We saw this Western Diamondback Rattlesnake resting high on a ledge, just below a crevice where at least one other was resting.

A Blunt-headed Tree Snake from Guatemala a few years back. These are extremely thin snakes that can be very difficult to photograph, as they just never stop moving. This one took awhile, but eventually let me get this subpar shot.

TONS of little TOADS SO many toads and little frogs (Couch's Spadefoots aren't really toads, but often referred to them as such for a few reasons). The monsoon is the best time o...

TONS of little TOADS

Arizona Ridgnosed Rattlesnakes are common in a few mountain ranges in southeastern Arizona, but not found in the desert environments where most people live. They are usually seen by hikers and wildlife observers in the daytime, but often found moving at night as well.

Big Snake Gets STUCK Sometimes snakes can get stuck in rigid structures like this door frame. This is usually just a matter of patience, using gentle pressure and moving from sid...

Big Snake Gets STUCK

How to Identify Snakes Easy Snake identification is usually kind of complicated for most people. SO, we made something simple. We leave out the counting scales and close-up inspection a...

How to Identify Snakes Easy

A cool little viper with horn-like scales above the eyes. That's a common thing with arboreal vipers in Central and South America, but vipers with horns are relatively few in comparison.

The Truth: Killing Rattlesnakes Doesn't Stop The Next Encounter For people who want to actually reduce rattlesnake encounters around the home, killing off snakes as they appear won't do that. You may think it may, but in ...

The Truth: Killing Rattlesnakes Doesn't Stop The Next Encounter

Rattlesnakes Are Defensive, NOT Aggressive A rattling rattlesnake isn't "mad" or "angry" or "aggressive" ... it's an animal that doesn't want to die. That seems pretty understandable, considering how ...

Rattlesnakes Are Defensive, NOT Aggressive

Rattlesnake with Crazy Camo A beautiful Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake was found at a home and released back to its preferred habitat. The camouflage of these snakes is wild.

Rattlesnake with Crazy Camo

A Greater Green Snake (Ptyas major) we saw in Hong Kong several years ago.

This little snake is actually an adult. Alivia was called to capture it at a home in the Phoenix area, and they did some light reading together before the release. Based on what you see here, which species is it?

TINY baby rattlesnake release Releasing a baby rattlesnake. These little guys start showing up each year in the late summer, and need a lot of luck to make it to their first birthday. Her...

TINY baby rattlesnake release

A Harmless Snake Goes Free Releasing a Sonoran Gophersnake into suitable cover. Packrat middens make great snake homes, and very often are. More about why we sometimes relocate harmles...

A Harmless Snake Goes Free
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One of many Nose-horned Vipers (Vipera ammodytes) we found in Greece a few years ago.

Cleaning Rattlesnake Enclosures in the Snake Room! Cleaning and resetting rattlesnake enclosures after winter! I’m working with Mojave rattlesnakes and Western Diamondbacks—doing some routine maintenance while talking through how I got each of them…

Cleaning Rattlesnake Enclosures in the Snake Room!

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This is NOT a Rattlesnake If a rattlesnake imitation can work on predators, why not homeowners? It often does, and a person can't be blamed for mistaking an animal that's hissing loud...

This is NOT a Rattlesnake

Pregnant Rattlesnake at a Home! A tried and true method we use sometimes, when a rattlesnake isn't accessible enough to capture outright, is bother it until it feels its defensive space isn...

Pregnant Rattlesnake at a Home!

We were called out after a rattlesnake was spotted traveling along the top of a perimeter wall, on the opposite side of the hardware cloth the homeowners had installed to help keep snakes out.

Rattlesnake Actually Rattling I met a Western Diamondback Rattlesnake out and about on a warm day earlier in the year. Contrary to what most people may experience – rattlesnakes usually d...

Rattlesnake Actually Rattling

We were called out for what was initially reported as two rattlesnakes, although the homeowner wasn’t completely sure if she had actually seen more than one.

Snakes and Pickles We were out getting tissue samples from Shovelnosed Snakes out in Western Arizona and had some success. It's a little snake but some are bigger than others!....

Snakes and Pickles

Rattlesnake in a Rat Trap [insert joke about better mousetrap, blah blah]A Mojave Rattlesnake followed rodent trails to hope for an easy meal.

Rattlesnake in a Rat Trap

This gate was a bit of a challenge, as the swing took it out over a curb that would make rattlesnake prevention difficult. Brent got to show off his years of experience, though and got it done with some creative work.

More information on Rattlesnake Fencing:
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azsnake.info is live :) In addition to getting an ID here, you can get more information and an accurate answer for anything in Arizona.