Reptile wranglers find ‘weird’ diamondback rattlesnake in Arizona

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Reptile wranglers find ‘weird’ diamondback rattlesnake in Arizona

May 15 (UPI) — Rattlesnake wranglers in Arizona shared a photo of a “weird” snake they came across in the backyard of a Scottsdale home.

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to social media showing what appears to be a western diamondback rattlesnake with a leopard-like color pattern. The snake’s bright white tail base with ****** spots is “the only normal thing about it,” the business said.

Western diamondbacks normally have diamond-shaped patterns on their bodies, but Rattlesnake Solutions said leopard-like pattern is “weird.”

“In the many thousands of diamondbacks we’ve seen over the years, this is a first,” the post said.

The cause was said to be likely a “big pattern mutation.”

“The area it was in rules out hybridization possibilities with most species … not that there’s anything morphologically that indicates that,” the post said. “Of all the possibilities, it’s likely it’s just a funky-looking diamondback.”

The business said the snake, which some commenters on the post speculated to be dead, was captured alive and “healthy.”

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