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often irregular in shape and wider than they are long. There is also a series of lateral blotches that are indistinct anteriorly, but become more distinct posteriorly and eventually merge with the dorsal blotches to form crossbands. Older specimens sometimes have a faded pattern, or they may have uniformly black blotches, with the dorsum of the head also being black.
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The color pattern usually consists of a buff, pale gray, pale brown, olive brown or yellowish brown ground color (hence the name, "lutosus," meaning "muddy"), overlaid with a series of 32-49 dorsal blotches. These blotches are dark brown to black in color, with pale centers and pale borders, and are
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region, being found on hills, summits and old lake benches. They are said to prefer southern exposures among rocks and boulders on hillsides and buttes, low foothills, mountainsides, open deserts, alfalfa fields and valley floors.
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712:The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere
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328:– something that it has in common with
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694:Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
202:Crotalus confluentus lutosus
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354:region. Its range includes
270:in 1930 as a subspecies of
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670:Crotalus oreganus lutosus
617:Crotalus oreganus lutosus
362:west of long. 111° West,
358:south of lat. 44° North,
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299:Grand Canyon rattlesnake
210:Crotalus viridis lutosus
42:Great Basin rattlesnake
951:Snakes of North America
268:Laurence Monroe Klauber
234:Great Basin rattlesnake
559:10.1006/mpev.2001.1013
374:, the entire state of
366:west and north of the
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649:Crotalus confluentus
292:Millard County, Utah
272:Crotalus confluentus
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307:C. oreganus abyssus
262:Taxonomy and naming
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400:Lower Klamath Lake
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331:C. viridis
311:C. lutosus
303:C. abyssus
120:Suborder:
628:23 August
587:Wright AH
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452:feeds on
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245:pit viper
152:Species:
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114:Squamata
104:Reptilia
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350:in the
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100:Class:
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595:ISBN
563:PMID
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466:eggs
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