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by ridgehiker on June 5, 2005
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I'm a hiker in Southern California, and have read that Northern & Southern Pacific rattlers are "cismontane", or only occurring on coastal facing slopes. Does this mean that they are really only found on any western slopes, or that they are found west of the "ridgeline" of the mountain range, or that they just prefer an area that gets more precipitation...? All the areas in the Eastern Sierra that I've seen seem like great habitat.
-Johanna
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by Cro on June 6, 2005
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Johanna: The term means that the snakes show a strong preference for the microclimate of the Western part of the mountain range. As you stated, there is also very good habitat and food resources on the Eastern side of the range, and the snakes sometimes enter that habitat in search of food, or over territory, or climate changes, or for other reasons. I would use the same caution when hiking on both sides of the mountain range, as some snakes just might not have read that they were not supposed to be in that area.
Best Regards JohnZ
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