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The snake was about 20 to 10 inches long, TPWD said.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
A Texas landowner discovered something that many don’t see gliding often in the Lone Star State, an albino western rattlesnake.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department posted on Monday, August 30th, on its Hill County Wildlife Facebook page, about the landowner’s discovery. The post said the owner found the snake on a private ranch in Mason County, about 118 miles west of Austin.
“Here’s something you don’t see every day,” officials wrote in the post. “Pretty cool creature!”
TPWD stated the snake was about 8 to 10 inches long. It was released back into the wild where it was found after the landowner contacted a TPWD biologist.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department recently reported a rare rattlesnake sighting.
Courtesy TPWD
“Albinism is very rare in rattlesnakes,” TPWD told MySA. “Our biologists say they see albino western rattlesnakes appear across the state from time to time, but again, it’s rare.”
When albinism does occur, it makes the snake much more vulnerable to predators because they lack the camouflage of normal rattlesnakes, according to the TPWD.
Priscilla Aguirre is a general affairs reporter for MySA.com | priscilla.aguirre@express-news.net | @CillaAguirre.
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