A person's spine consists of vertebrae which lock together through small bones called facets, thus creating the spine. In facet sclerosis, the facets have become malformed due â¦ to thickening and hardening which causes a great deal of discomfort because the spine is not locking together as smoothly as it should do.o... hypertrophic facet sclerosis means that (some) joints in the spine look overgrown. And (since I'm guessing this was diagnosed via x-ray) the sclerosis refers to the extra whiteness that shows up on the x-ray in the area of those joints.
Rock Rattlesnake-This snake lives in sky island ranges of southeastern Arizona including the Chiricahua, Peloncillo, Dragoon, Whetstone, Santa Rita, Huachucas, and Canelos. Mating takes place in summer. A litter of up to 10 young is born in summer. This snake is protected in Arizona. It is against Arizona state law to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect this animal or to attempt to engage in any such conduct. Speckled Rattlesnake- Specimens from the majority if its range in Arizona are rusty tan or dull pinkish-brown.
WILD ABOUT TEXAS: Harmless to humans, indigo snake protected. By Michael Price. UPDATE â December 4, 2014: A YouTube video (see below) of a blue Indigo Snake chowing down on a western diamondback rattlesnake has gone viral recently causing interest in the snake to capture the imagination of the net.