Arizona Black Rattlesnake Animal Pictures

Crotalus cerberus

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Arizona black rattlesnake

arizona black rattlesnake ready to strike — © Scott Delony/Shutterstock.com

Rattlesnakes raise their body off the ground in an S shape and rattle a warning.

Arizona black rattlesnakes in communal den.

crotalus cerberus in den — © Dario Sabljak/Shutterstock.com

Arizona black rattlesnakes share communal dens and females may share parenting duties.

young Arizona Black rattlesnake

young crotalus cerberus — © Evelyn D. Harrison/Shutterstock.com

Young Arizona black rattlesnakes have a distinct pattern and dark stripes on the side of their head.