Prairie Rattlesnake - Buffalo, SD
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 45° 34.863 W 103° 32.779
13T E 613408 N 5048528
In a very neat park in this small town in NW South Dakota
Waymark Code: WMPD0Z
Location: South Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 08/11/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
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County of sculpture: Harding County
Location of art: Canam Hwy (US-85/SD-20), Centennial Park, Buffalo
Artist: Unknown
Date of dedication: July 3, 2009

Characteristics:
   * Rattle segment(s) at the end of the tail

   * Pits below the midline of each eye and each nostril

   * Pupil of the eye is elongate rather than round

   * Upper body is light brown to greenish with dark, light-bordered blotches along back

   * Triangular-shaped head

   * Keeled scales

   * Venomous

   * Diet: rodents (including mice, ground squirrels, and the young of prairie dogs or cottontails), other snakes,
   lizards, and birds

   * Habitat: open prairies, haylands, and croplands

Wikipedia's Article on the Crotalus viridis a sub-species of rattlesnake

Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Prairie Rattlesnake

Figure Type: Animal

Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Unknown

Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: July 3, 2009

Materials used: Stone

Location: Centennial Park, Buffalo, SD
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