Bay Area Green Rattlesnake?!

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Bay Area Green Rattlesnake?!

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Hi everyone,
I took a 1 hour herp break today, finding a very green-shaded rattlesnake in the Gilroy/Morgan Hill area. Anyone know what this is?

Thanks,
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We only have Crotalus oreganus oreganus (Northern Pacific Rattlesnake) in the Bay Area. Of course, they come in all sorts of colors and green is one of them. Check these:

http://www.fieldherpforum.com/forum/vie ... =6&t=19179

http://www.fieldherpforum.com/forum/vie ... =6&t=11958
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Yeah, I assumed it was a Northern Pacific, but WOW, this was green.
Since I am on a tablet right now and can't share the pictures any other way, here is the individual post where I placed the pictures:


http://cowsonskateboards.blogspot.com/2 ... tongs.html

Sorry about the outside link, just trying to determine how regular this coloration is.
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That one strikes me as extra-green, too. Very cool looking snake :thumb:
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Nor Pac for sure. Up above Placerville that color is common as well as a deeper green. They look quite beautiful. Congrats on a beautiful snake. I never did find one when I lived in the north bay (Novato)
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This one was much greener, in person, as well. seen in Santa Cruz mts this Jan, with Zack's help... :thumb:
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Absolutely gorgeous NorPac.

Great blog, also!

Even cooler is that you photographed it feeding on a Sceloporus!

Checked out your blog- it is funny, I know exactly where your blog's main photo was taken, and I bet the green rattlesnake was from there!

Lots of Rattlesnakes at that spot! Watch your step and hands when flipping the debris!
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By the way, your spider is actually a Solpugid aka Camel Spider.

Funny, I found one today as well under a rock in the East Bay.

You can check out the spider, as well as my other Bay Area herping finds, at http://www.zacharge.tumblr.com
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Mariya, I sent you a pm yesterday. You may want to change your account settings so your receive e-mail notifications of pm's, if you haven't done so yet.

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I just replied to the two PM's that were sent to me. It seems that the setting for notifications is on, but I might be looking at the wrong thing...
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