{"id":2803,"date":"2026-06-02T03:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T10:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/?p=2803"},"modified":"2026-06-02T03:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T10:22:16","slug":"twin-spotted-rattlesnake-high-on-mt-graham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/snakes\/twin-spotted-rattlesnake-high-on-mt-graham\/","title":{"rendered":"Twin Spotted Rattlesnake High on Mt. Graham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/category\/snakes\/viperidae\/rattlesnakes\/pricei\/\" data-type=\"category\" data-id=\"166\">Twin Spotted Rattlesnake<\/a> that we found in eastern <a href=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/tag\/arizona\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"38\">Arizona<\/a>, showing off many more than &#8220;twin&#8221; spots. These tiny rattlesnakes can vary greatly in appearance from one location to the next, even between individuals in a single population. These are not likely to be seen unless you are spending time in the highest areas of a handful of the <a href=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/tag\/chiricahua\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"765\">Chiricahua<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/tag\/huachuca\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"245\">Huachuca<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/tag\/pinaleno\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"766\">Pinale\u00f1o<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/tag\/santa-rita\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"767\">Santa Rita<\/a> mountain ranges.<\/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-pricei-_1277-Edit-1200x850.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crotalus-pricei-_1277-Edit-1200x850.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crotalus-pricei-_1277-Edit-752x533.jpg 752w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crotalus-pricei-_1277-Edit-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crotalus-pricei-_1277-Edit-1536x1089.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crotalus-pricei-_1277-Edit-2048x1451.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prival, D. B., Goode, M. J., Swann, D. E., Schwalbe, C. R. (2002), &amp; Schroff, M. J.. Natural History of a Northern Population of Twin-Spotted Rattlesnakes, Crotalus pricei. Journal of Herpetology, 36(4), 598\u2013607.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1670\/0022-1511(2002)036[0598:NHOANP]2.0.CO;2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Twin Spotted Rattlesnake that we found in eastern Arizona, showing off many more than &#8220;twin&#8221; spots. These tiny rattlesnakes can vary greatly in appearance from one location to the next, even between individuals in a single population. These are not likely to be seen unless you are spending time in the highest areas of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2804,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[136,166,135,139],"tags":[767,245,765,766],"class_list":["post-2803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rattlesnakes","category-pricei","category-snakes","category-viperidae","tag-santa-rita","tag-huachuca","tag-chiricahua","tag-pinaleno"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2803","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=2803"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2805,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2803\/revisions\/2805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}