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WDB Morph?
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by Crotalus_Catcher on July 30, 2004
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I was herping a new ranch in abilene today and upon prying up a slab of concrete (with the help of a fried and some 2x4's, we ran into 5 WDB's colored EXACTLY like a copperhead. Very orange and light brown execpt for the black and white ringed tail. I'm in abilene, tx and I don't think there's any other species of rattlers out here. Is this just an odd color morph or did I stumble upon something not atrox? I'll try to get a picture online asap.
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by 23bms on July 31, 2004
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WDB's are extremely variable. There are local populations in SE AZ that are brick red and strongly (for a WDB) patterned. They are much more attractive than your average ruber. I have also seen individuals in the Organ Pipe/Cabeza Prieta area that are coral pink. Within these areas, there is great variation, often in the same litter.
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by cottonmouth on July 31, 2004
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they are pretty with that light to red phase. We caught one last week in alpine that was as red as a red diamond rattler.
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by BwViper on September 8, 2004
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I have caught many different color phases of C. atrox. I am in the west Texas area and have caught atrox that were almost white, pink, orange, brown, almost black, red, silver, some with very bold pattern and some with almost no pattern. I have seen 2 copper colored ones this year, one being a couple nights ago and was hit by a car as was the first one. This is my first year in Atrox country and I have already seen many different colors and can't wait to see what my second year will produce. But there are literally 100's of different colors when dealing with C. atrox. I have a 4' female that I have had for the last 4 years that sounds something like what you described. I haven't found one like her out here yet. Some pics of them would be great if you have any!!!
Bobby
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