Xenopholis scalaris (Flat-headed Snake or Wucherer's Ground Snake)
An adult Flat-headed Snake from Santa Cruz Forest Reserve, Loreto, Peru. This specimen was discovered on our first night at Santa Cruz. We were out late on the trails when we stopped to photograph a tarantula and a caterpillar. A native guide that we ran into on the trail had come up to where we were and started poking around off the side of the trail. He hollered out "Culebra" and we ran over to where he was. He was slowly picking at a small hole next to a log that had large ants crawling out of it. I asked him what color it was and he replied "Rojo". I got to impatient with his slow, methodical digging at the hole, so I reached down and took several earth fills of dirt away from the entrance, but did not see anything. Just as we were giving up, I turned and scraped by foot across the hole and revealed a small red and yellow coil. I quickly grabbed it and came up with this little guy. Our experienced guides said it was a rare fine for that area, despite the widespread range of this species.
This does it for my photographs from our ten day stay in Peru. We had a blast and I highly recommend people check out MT Amazon Expeditions if they are considering a fun, relaxing rain forest adventure, whether for invertebrates, fish, birds, herps, photography, or just general travel.
Xenopholis scalaris (Flat-headed Snake or Wucherer's Ground Snake)
An adult Flat-headed Snake from Santa Cruz Forest Reserve, Loreto, Peru. This specimen was discovered on our first night at Santa Cruz. We were out late on the trails when we stopped to photograph a tarantula and a caterpillar. A native guide that we ran into on the trail had come up to where we were and started poking around off the side of the trail. He hollered out "Culebra" and we ran over to where he was. He was slowly picking at a small hole next to a log that had large ants crawling out of it. I asked him what color it was and he replied "Rojo". I got to impatient with his slow, methodical digging at the hole, so I reached down and took several earth fills of dirt away from the entrance, but did not see anything. Just as we were giving up, I turned and scraped by foot across the hole and revealed a small red and yellow coil. I quickly grabbed it and came up with this little guy. Our experienced guides said it was a rare fine for that area, despite the widespread range of this species.
This does it for my photographs from our ten day stay in Peru. We had a blast and I highly recommend people check out MT Amazon Expeditions if they are considering a fun, relaxing rain forest adventure, whether for invertebrates, fish, birds, herps, photography, or just general travel.