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The unstoppable march of the human race into the snakes natural habitat - coupled with the majority of peoples dislike for anything reptilian !

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Currently, there is only one species of rattlesnake considered endangered and that is the ridge nose rattlesnake (Willard's rattlesnake) of extreme southwest New Mexico and southeast Arizona.

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