That's not a pygmy rattlesnake...
that's a pygmy-eating rattlesnake !
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But my god does it look majestic.
You (or your kids) collect snake skins you find, by any chance ?
The biologist in me is wondering if one can classify a snake by it's old skin, or if that doesn't give enough details...
We round them up sometimes and sort out who we want to keep around and who we should help move.