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Originally Posted by jchief
I really thought it was a pygmy also. When they are that size they look a lot alike. How can you tell the difference?
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That brownish line that extends down its back suggests timber rattler, but they do look similar. I have only seen one living pigmy rattlesnake and funny story that Martin guy from Duck Dynasty was a classmate and labmate of mine and he had caught what he thought was a hog-nosed snake and brought it to class to show it off. It was a pigmy rattlesnake
We were taking herpetology at the time and the professor was just shaking his head.
I am just a nerd with reptiles and amphibians just always had an interest
Pigmy and a juvenile timber