Look for red, yellow, black or white bands or rings around their ... tail to see if it is calm or frightened. A curled-up tail means the snake feels threatened. Commonly found in the Southwest ...

They typically feature dark, diamond-shaped markings on their backs and prominent black-and-white tail bands. According to Rattlesnake Solutions, western diamondback rattlesnakes can measure to ...

A perch-hunter of the forest understory, it feeds on frogs, snakes, lizards ... The primaries are barred or checkered black and white, the dark tail has 3 white bands. Underparts are rufous ...