Black-tailed Rattlesnake among spring poppies in Arizona desert.
Black-tailed Rattlesnake Crotalus molossus molossus Canelo Hills Arizona United States 8 March Adult Viperidae Black-tailed Rattlesnakes vary in color being olive greens, yellow, brown, or mostly black. Despite variations in body color, the tail scales are almost always entirely black. Often there is a black band that goes across their eyes and diagonally down to the corners of their mouth forming a facial 'mask'. The rattle is composed of keratin on the end of the snake's tail. Shedding their skin several times a year, and each time a new segment is added to the rattle.
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