What snake os this

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We found this baby snake under the sandboz in our backyard this morning and would like to know if it is dangerous or not.
Thanks in advance
Jerry
 

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It is most definitely a rattlesnake. It looks like a Prairie Rattlesnake according to the information I found. It could be the speckled or twin-spotted but it is a rattlesnake none the less. Here is a link to rattlesnakes in Arizona that you can compare. Arizona Rattlesnakes
 
protected or not, if i felt threatened, i wouldnt hesitate to quickly turn him into blanks....just sayin' LOL

Can you get another picture of it? Maybe zoom in, with some clarity?
 
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Seamus that was shot with a macro and as close as I wanted to get lol. I am just glad this was not the momma snake when I picked up the sandbox. Not enough TP in the house to correct that.
I did go and get the Snake a way and spread it out already. Now onto the grandkids place to do the same just in case
 
Looks to me like the one that bit Angela Jolie on the left breast in a movie I saw once. I can't be sure because I wasn't looking directly at the snake.
WB

It killed her, that I remember.
 
Definately looks venomous. Shape of the head indicates viper. Not sure of the type. I agree with the rattlesnake...but don't see any visible rattles/Desert Massasauga Rattlesnake?

Baby rattlesnakes don't have rattles. They develop over time, with each time they shed their skin they get a layer of a rattle. It takes two or three moltings before they can make the rattle sound.
 
Well I cant find it but it is out there and I think because of the are it might actually be a mojave greenback the last of that species I would want in my yard.
 
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