Name: Arizona Ridge-Nosed Rattlesnake - Signed Fine Art Print
SKU: 70881
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Arizona Ridge-Nosed Rattlesnake – Signed Fine Art Print

$19.95 – $27.95

Information about the Arizona Ridge-Nosed Rattlesnake:

The Arizona Ridge-Nosed Rattlesnake is a venomous reptile native to only a few mountain ranges in Arizona, usually only found above 5000 feet, up to about 8000 in Pine forests and cooler canyons. Generally, the snake doesn’t grow larger than a few ounces and longer than 24 inches. The name comes from the snake’s distinctive upturned nose. The snake feeds on small lizards, mice, and invertebrates like centipedes. They are very secretive animals, usually only active at dawn and dusk, and are therefore rarely encountered by humans. As these animals are considered threatened by the state of Arizona it is illegal to collect or kill them. They are also the official reptile of the state of Arizona. Curiously, they were the last rattlesnake to be discovered and named by herpetologists in the US.

The poster is printed on matte, museum-quality paper with Giclée printing quality:
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²)
• Opacity: 94%

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Description

Fine art illustration of an Arizona Ridge-Nosed Rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi.) The illustration is available in black and white or color.

Artist’s notes:

The line art illustration of the Arizona Ridge-Nosed Rattlesnake was completed on 5.17.2012. I had, for some time, scaled back my illustrations of snakes, as I had drawn dozens and was focusing more on other animal types. But then a few weeks ago I started in on a project, which was to draw every official “state” animal of the US. When I came to Arizona, I has assumed the state reptile would be the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake. I was wrong, and ended up creating this drawing, which, while very difficult and time consuming to complete, turned out fairly well I feel. The drawing is based on a photo by Jack Goldfarb.

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