A Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, (Crotalus atrox), in Ironwood Forest National Monument, Eloy, Arizona, USA.

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A Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, (Crotalus atrox), peers from behind a prickly pear cactus in Ironwood Forest in the Sonoran Desert, Eloy, Arizona, USA.

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Size: 4287px × 2848px
Location: Ironwood Forest National Monument, Eloy, Arizona, USA, Sonoran Desert
Photo credit: © Norma Jean Gargasz / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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