{"id":2498,"date":"2026-01-09T08:29:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T15:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/?p=2498"},"modified":"2026-01-09T08:29:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T15:29:51","slug":"southwestern-speckled-rattlesnake-from-belmont-mountains-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/snakes\/southwestern-speckled-rattlesnake-from-belmont-mountains-arizona\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake from Belmont Mountains, Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/tag\/pyrrhus\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"433\">Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake<\/a> from a <a href=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/tag\/belmont\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"672\">mountain range<\/a> near <a href=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/tag\/phoenix\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"14\">Phoenix<\/a>. In this area, this species is usually this orange-cream or brown. This one was found on a rocky hillside earlier in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crotalus-pyrrhus-_0103-Edit-1200x850.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crotalus-pyrrhus-_0103-Edit-1200x850.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crotalus-pyrrhus-_0103-Edit-752x533.jpg 752w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crotalus-pyrrhus-_0103-Edit-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crotalus-pyrrhus-_0103-Edit-1536x1089.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crotalus-pyrrhus-_0103-Edit-2048x1451.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cochran, C. (2019). <\/strong><em>Variation in morphology, diet, and venom composition in Crotalus pyrrhus (Cope 1867).<\/em> Doctoral dissertation, Loma Linda University. https:\/\/scholarsrepository.llu.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=3590&amp;context=etd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake from a mountain range near Phoenix. In this area, this species is usually this orange-cream or brown. This one was found on a rocky hillside earlier in 2025. Cochran, C. (2019). Variation in morphology, diet, and venom composition in Crotalus pyrrhus (Cope 1867). Doctoral dissertation, Loma Linda University. https:\/\/scholarsrepository.llu.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=3590&amp;context=etd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[136,145,135,139],"tags":[433,434,672,673],"class_list":["post-2498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rattlesnakes","category-pyrrhus","category-snakes","category-viperidae","tag-pyrrhus","tag-speckled-rattlesnake","tag-belmont","tag-eyes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2500,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498\/revisions\/2500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}