All gray or not, it was still a striking animal, and much different from the other five horridus seen over the past two days. Aside from the pale ground color, the other feature I found significant was the speckles of blue gray on the large scales above the mouth and posterior to the eye. No trace of the usual darker postorbital stripe could be seen. This male rattler was the smallest of the day's catch, maybe 20-22 inches in length, and he was a little on the thin side. Even so it was a terrific specimen to see and photograph.

As it turned out, this was the last snake of the day, as we did not have time to do another large section of bluff some distance away. It was a nice way to finish the trip.

Two days, six Timber Rattlesnakes. For Jim and Matt, this was Timber Number Ten for their four days of herping. Not to mention the big double handful of pretty Milksnakes and a few other cool herps to go with it. Throw in good company to go with the good herping.

I was going home a happy herper.