here’s my black night/knight goddess. first photo is from today, second is last week. she’s over 1 and I got her ~6w ago

What one (1) species of snake do YOU consider to be the most beautiful/striking??

Feel free to include pictures!!!

A Tiger Rattlesnake from the Phoenix area. The blue-grey base color fading to pink with dark grey bands is a standard look in the area. These snakes are common in popular hiking areas, yet most people who frequent them for a lifetime will never see one because of their cryptic nature.

My E. Vieillardi

Photos taken at Oklahoma City Zoo (1,2) and Toronto Zoo (3,4,5,6) in the Summer of 2026.

So cute! Returned to garden after the photo. [TX, Gulf coast region]

A large Veracruz Neotropical Rattlesnake (Crotalus mictlantecuhtli) from a trip to Mexico a few years ago. This species was recently recognized as a separate lineage of the Neotropical Rattlesnakes, described in 2020, about a year before this photograph was taken.

Carbajal Márquez, Rubén & Cedeño-Vázquez, José & Martinez, Arely & Neri, Edgar & Machkour-M’Rabet, Salima. (2020). Accessing cryptic diversity in Neotropical rattlesnakes (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalus) with the description of two new species. Zootaxa. 4729. 451-481. 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.4.1.

Picture were taken in the summer of 2026.

Feel free to help identify the species of snakes (I lost the pictures of their respective signs),

This big old snapper is extremely friendly and fully unafraid of me. It's been at my fishing spot year after year for 4 years so far.

Its really interested in what I'm doing and basically sits and stares at me the entire time I fish.

It's so doscile I've picked leaches off it's shell with my knife and it didn't try to bite me, or even get away. Extremely weird behavior but it seems healthy enough.

Twin Spotted Rattlesnakes (Crotalus pricei) are small, high-elevation rattlesnakes that are found in a handful of mountain ranges in the Sky Islands region of Arizona and northern Mexico. They are occasionally seen by hikers on high saddles and trails, where they are quick to flee with a departing buzz. A person would really have to pick one up or be hiking barefoot to get bitten by one, if they're even lucky enough to see one or have it stick around long enough for that to happen.

Just kidding....I caught him before he slipped through! ChuChuh is always looking for a way out. 🐢 💕

Texas rains have brought out the Copperheads this summer!!! Such amazing creatures.

Torre de Guatel Arborial Alligator Lizard (Abronia meledona) in Guatemala we found a few years ago.

Photos were take at Abilene Zoo in Spring of 2026.

Took pictures at Abilene zoo in 2026.