{"id":3045,"date":"2026-10-08T06:48:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T13:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/?p=3045"},"modified":"2026-10-08T06:49:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T13:49:01","slug":"western-diamondback-rattlesnake-from-hidalgo-county-new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/snakes\/western-diamondback-rattlesnake-from-hidalgo-county-new-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Diamondback Rattlesnake from Hidalgo County New Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Western Diamondback Rattlesnake found in the bootheel of New Mexico many years ago. The diamondbacks in this area have some interesting traits that make them a bit different than those found in the Phoenix and Tucson areas. They&#8217;re often pink or rose colored, with a diminished pattern that can fade to a minimal look &#8230; and they can change color between darker and lighter tones within hours.<\/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-atrox-_0113-1200x850.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crotalus-atrox-_0113-1200x850.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crotalus-atrox-_0113-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crotalus-atrox-_0113-1536x1089.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crotalus-atrox-_0113-752x533.jpg 752w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crotalus-atrox-_0113-2048x1451.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Western Diamondback Rattlesnake found in the bootheel of New Mexico many years ago. The diamondbacks in this area have some interesting traits that make them a bit different than those found in the Phoenix and Tucson areas. They&#8217;re often pink or rose colored, with a diminished pattern that can fade to a minimal look [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3046,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[146,136,135,139],"tags":[179,388,575,817],"class_list":["post-3045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-atrox","category-rattlesnakes","category-snakes","category-viperidae","tag-new-mexico","tag-hidalgo-county","tag-road","tag-color-change"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3045","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=3045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3047,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3045\/revisions\/3047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}