mojave rattle snake

        The mojave rattle snake is one of many rattle snakes in the world and can be found in the mojave desert along with the extreme parts of texas and other extreme heat dry areas they can be found in these areas.The full grown adult males can grow from 2 to 4 feet in length making it a mid sized rattle snake the largest a rattle snake can grow is 8 to 9 feet most of the mojave rattle snakes olive on rocky slopes. The mojave rattle snake can be mistaken for a western diamondback rattle snake because of there similar diamond like pattern on there backs how ever there is a way to tell witch is witch on the western diamondback the diamond like pattern continues down the tail and on the mojave the diamonds stop three inches from the rattle and turn to lines.The mojave can come in color such as a olive green and or a green and grey mix but the most seen color is a brownish and yellow mix. The venom of this snake is ten times more potent than any other northern rattle snake this is what makes the mojave one of the most deadly rattle snakes in the u.s and the bite is said to be less painful the venom is a nurotoxin and it is called mojave toxin. They do not lay eggs but they give birth to live young and they are just as deadly as the adults because the young do not know how to control how much they use and even though they do not have much venom to start out with they can still kill more than one full grown human with  the amount they have. Also the mojave dose not have to many predators except for hawks and coyotes