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My neighbor called for help to remove this beautiful snake. It was underneath a tool chest and took a while to get it out. Found a nice place nearby in some rocky hills. After I turned it loose the snake had to put up with me taking a zillion pictures of it :) (Apr. 6, 2021) Palm Desert, Calif
Close up of the head, scales & patterns on this amazing looking rattler. This is a older photo of this rattler being rehomed to a safer place.
(Sept 2015)
I’m saving the life of this beautiful snake. Unfortunately the first thing people wanna do is to kill these innocent snakes if they find it in their yard. I agree it cannot stay on your property where there’s pets and people. I remove snakes off my own property for safety sakes. So if anybody gets a hold of me I will definitely come and remove the rattler to a new safe area not to far away.
I had just released this snake from the container to it’s new home a few acres away. I found this one on my property and needed to take it elsewhere where my dogs wouldn’t come across it.
Had to fight this guy off, today, to grab a geocache.
Map info is incorrect. This was taken on the US side of the border.
Red Diamond Rattlesnake
Crotalus ruber
My neighbor called me to come look at this 3ft red diamondback rattler he found on his property. I asked him if he wanted me to remove it and he said no just let it go. So we watched it climb up the stairs into some rocks. Personally I’d rather take it off of the property cause it is awfully close to my property. It’s okay, there’s a good chance I’ll find it, or someone else will and THEN I’ll take it further on down the road. LOL
(8-5-21) I love relocating rattlesnakes for my neighbors, to save the snakes. This snake was 15 ft from MY ft door, and yes it did scare the crap out of me. I was walking with my dogs up to my front door and the dogs unknowingly got to close to this visitor which had started to rattle soooooo very loud. Thankfully both dogs have been to rattlesnake avoidance training, and both took off immediately and thankfully did not get bit. I went and got my snake equipment caught the snake and put it in my small trash can for transportation. In this picture I had just released the snake to its new home 1/8 mile away, to a snake happy place with a small creek (actually runoff from golf course) that no doubt has rodents, birds, etc around. I have to laugh why this snake was at my front door, that’s a scary first! Unfortunately at this time of the morning we have the shadows, and I have learned my lesson to come out later for a nicer photo. I’m not about to re-catch him and come back out later lol
Crotalus ruber
Orange County, California, USA
A red diamond rattlesnake and lance-leaved dudleya (Dudleya lanceolata) share a rock outcrop as federally threatened coastal California gnatcatchers (Polioptila californica californica) call nearby. This scene is unfolding in a surviving patch of coastal sage scrub habitat that is bounded by multimillion-dollar homes (several in the process of being built).
Coastal sage scrub (CSS) habitats are among the most threatened communities in western North America, and by some estimates only 10% of CSS remains. This is not surprising considering some of the largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. occur in and around CSS habitat.
Red diamond rattlesnakes are the only protected species of rattlesnake in California (Species of Special Concern). They also have the smallest range of any rattlesnake in the state.
This feisty Red Diamond Rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber) would rattle at us when were 10+ feet away. What a remarkable creature.
Riverside County, California.
I put my foot down about three feet from this reptile's head. The second I heard the rattle, I skipped and jumped to a safe ten feet. I used a telephoto to get this shot.
I finally found a Red Diamond Rattlesnake. It wasnt flipped, and it also is the largest snake Ive worked with yet! Such a beauty, so worth the wait!! #Crote #Crotalus #CrotalusRuber #Herpetology #Herping
The most aggressive Red Diamond I've encountered in decades. Remained like this the entire time I was shooting it. At times it would fall over and then get right back into position.
Crotalus ruber, Red Diamondback Rattlesnake, vicinity of Upper San Juan Cmpg., Santa Ana Mountains, Riverside Co., CA, 13 Apr 2019.