Planet Exotica - Scaleless western diamondback rattlesnake

That looks so creepy...

Creepy and bizarre. I have seen a patternless Western Diamondback (at Arizona Sonora Desert Museum) but it still had scales.

I did some investigating into this morph out of curiosity, and apparently they're fairly rare. Average retail price seems to be $1,000-2,000 USD per snake. They actually appear to be incapable of forming a rattle, all the pictures of the truly scaleless ones show just a nub.
I didn't think there was enough private demand for rattlesnakes (especially large and potentially dangerous ones like C. atrox) to facilitate breeding color forms, but apparently there's quite a few diamondback morphs available.

I miss the good old days when I didn't know this existed.

@MonkeyBat Better yet, this morph shouldn't exist in the first place.

Agreed - it's like those awful hairless cats that people breed so they can have freakish creatures that won't trigger their allergies.

@Arizona Docent I've never understood the appeal of hairless cats, they look so terrible! I get it from the allergy standpoint, but the animal is supposed to have its hair...

@Great Argus Now introducing... The Sphinx Snake!

A very strange snake, I was surprised to see this picture here and even more today when viewing my photos taken this week at Planet Exotica. They have another scaleless western diamondback ! This one with pigmentation.