Black Rattler

[savduck]

pretty neat. Ive never seen anything like  that.

[VAHUNTER]

that gives me the creeps just looking at the pics!!!

[sippy cup]

we get alot of them here in western VA mostly high on mountains tops were its cooler and they get more yellow as you move down mountains to warmer low lands

[ccleroy]

New to me.

[deerhunt1988]

Wow, a melanistic rattlesnake! I didn't know reptiles could be melanistic until I just Google'd it..Very interesting..

[stone road turkey calls]

Wow, a melanistic rattlesnake! I didn't know reptiles could be melanistic until I just Google'd it..Very interesting..

melanistic is a Dark coloration of the skin, hair, fur, or feathers because of a high concentration of melanin.

[ILIKEHEVI-13]

He might want to keep that in a freezer and have some kind of snake expert have a look at it , could be a rare color phase

looks half way between a cotton mouth and a rattler

I agree.

That beats anything I have ever saw. 

[vaturkey]

Rattlesnakes are on the endangered list here in Va. & therefore unlawful to kill  ! Just a headsup ! 

[turkey_slayer]

Rattlesnakes are on the endangered list here in Va. & therefore unlawful to kill  ! Just a headsup ! 

Yea what he said but still cool 

[tomstopper]

Nice looking snake (if you like sankes).

[barry]

Rattlesnakes are on the endangered list here in Va. & therefore unlawful to kill  ! Just a headsup ! 

Correction...it was found dead

[Shotgun]

Thats pretty cool.  I have never seen one like that.

[Ol'Mossy]

Cool looking rattleri'd be skinning him and slapping him on a board

[HARDCORE]

Ive killed a lot of rattlers, never seen one that dark.

Congrats to your friend, he "found" him a nice one...

Thanks for sharing with us Barry.   

HC

[Slowshoe]

Thats crazy