Snuck up on me but thankfully got skittish when I exclaimed a couple profanities. Cool forked tongue.
Juvenile. Stayed in hike path for about 15 minutes.
dead juvenile Southern Pacific rattlesnake
Seen shortly before getting to Long Pine Key to set up some blacklights. I saw a second roadkill cottonmouth maybe 10 meters from this one on my way to Anhinga Trail around 8 AM and should've stopped to document it but I was in a hurry!
My blacklighting observations from LPK before sunrise:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-04-28&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&user_id=joemdo
More details in general about my 2024 City Nature Challenge:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/joemdo/93673-city-nature-challenge-2024