Agree with tjg911 with this exception.
While stationed at Edwards AFB near Palmdale, CA, and again at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas, NV, I was aware of a variety of Rattler the locals called "the Mojave Green". The local tire repair shops would not fix a tire if you had run over one. Apparently the Mojave Green is unique in that it has both types of toxins in its venom.
Now, Tucson is in the Sonora Desert but it's not that far south of the Mojave Desert. I would treat all of those "Joe No-shoulders" critters with a lot of respect.
Around here in NE Tennessee, if you want to clear snakes out of the woodpile, you put a few moth balls in and around the area to be cleared. Snakes hunt with their tongues and anything super pungent (like moth balls) will prevent them from "sniffing out" their prey. If they can't hunt, they leave.
'Course, you have to smell the moth balls, too.
All I know, is that it works.
Ted
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