
ANI065-00023
An Aruba Island rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus unicolor) at the Saint Louis Zoo. It is one of the only rattlesnake taxon to benefit from a true captive breeding program worldwide. It is nearly extinct on Aruba Island where it is endemic.
Keywords
- Animal
- Aruba island rattlesnake
- Captive
- Crotalus durissus unicolor
- fork
- Missouri
- MO
- Photo Ark
- poison
- Portrait
- rattle
- Reptile
- Saint Louis Zoo
- Smell
- Snake
- St. Louis
- St. Louis Zoo
- studio
- studio portrait
- Tongue
- Venom
- Zoo
This photo © Joel Sartore 2021. Image usage guidelines

This photo is part of the Photo Ark.