Mojave rattlesnake

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• Has a row of large diamond-shaped blotches along the back, without the dark speckling found on the Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake.1
• The diamonds usually lack the white edges seen on most Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnakes.1
• The tail has pale and dark rings, and the dark rings are often narrower than the pale ones.1
• The rattle is usually yellow and black, or entirely yellow.1
• Its back colour ranges from green to brown, grey or yellowish, so colour alone is not a reliable guide.1

كثيرًا ما يُخلط بينه وبين: It closely resembles the Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake, which lives in the same areas. The Mojave rattlesnake has no dark speckling on its back, usually lacks white edges on the diamonds, has a facial stripe that bends toward the neck rather than meeting the mouth, and usually has a yellow or bicoloured rattle rather than a black one. No single trait reliably separates the two.1