coiled red diamond rattlesnake on rock with black background.
Diamondback rattlesnakes are easy to identify.
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Crotalus ruber
Diamondback rattlesnakes are easy to identify.
Red diamondback rattlesnakes coil up, rattle, and may strike when they're threatened.
Showing off that large, angular head, as it gets ready to strike.
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