{"id":8419,"date":"2026-03-11T08:21:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/?p=8419"},"modified":"2026-03-11T08:21:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:21:47","slug":"western-diamondback-rattlesnake-and-sonoran-gophersnake-side-by-side-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/snake-removal\/western-diamondback-rattlesnake-and-sonoran-gophersnake-side-by-side-comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Diamondback Rattlesnake and Sonoran Gophersnake Side By Side Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A family had just moved into this home last week when a company helping remove some of the previous owner\u2019s belongings spotted two snakes and cleared out pretty quickly. A few hours later I got the call. As I was pulling up, the rattlesnake decided to go for a stroll, which made the first capture pretty quick. The second snake was still unaccounted for and the homeowners weren\u2019t sure what kind it was. I started searching nearby hiding spots and flooded out an AC unit where I suspected it might be hiding. That\u2019s when I spotted the Gophersnake trying to make a run for it into a pile of junk. After a bit of maneuvering I was able to catch that one as well. This photo shows a great side-by-side of how different a <a href=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/tag\/gophersnake\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"58\">Gophersnake<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/tag\/western-diamondback-rattlesnake\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"138\">Western Diamondback Rattlesnake<\/a> actually look. And yes, the dirty bucket made for a dirty snake. Scottsdale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Image-from-iOS-7-1024x820.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Image-from-iOS-7-1024x820.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Image-from-iOS-7-666x533.jpg 666w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Image-from-iOS-7-768x615.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Image-from-iOS-7.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A family had just moved into this home last week when a company helping remove some of the previous owner\u2019s belongings spotted two snakes and cleared out pretty quickly. A few hours later I got the call. As I was pulling up, the rattlesnake decided to go for a stroll, which made the first capture [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8420,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[116,18,8],"class_list":["post-8419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-snake-removal","tag-arizona-snake-removal","tag-phoenix-snake-removal","tag-snake-removal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8421,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8419\/revisions\/8421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}