An Arizona Black Rattlesnake from the far-eastern end of their range. This species’ appearance can vary from entirely black to light shades of grey and purple and change color from day to day. Many grow into adults that aren’t black at all.
From some areas, they may look strange. But, this may be only bias – most of the photographs you’ll see online of Arizona Black Rattlesnakes are from a handful of locales, and not representative of the phenotypic gamut of the species. The range where this one was found, in particular, has relatively few records of rattlesnakes on the books compared to the rest of the state.
