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Two dark, banded cottonmouths (Agkistrodon piscivorus) twisted together in combat among leaf litter. Conservation Spotlight What 5,000 sightings say about Snake Road Fifty years after the first closure, citizen science and a few decades of weather data show where the calendar and the snakes have drifted apart. An Arizona ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi willardi) coiled against lichen-covered rock. Field Notes · Coming soon Why Arizona Wins the Rattlesnake Lottery How mountains, deserts, and time made Arizona the best place in the country to find a rattlesnake. Field Ethics · Coming soon Herping etiquette 101 Nobody writes down the rules of field herping. Here they are, written down for once.

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