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Western Patch-nosed Snake (Salvadora hexalepis)
Personal Observation Note: I was able to get some really good looks at this snake just by hanging back and letting it act naturally. During observation, I watched as it repeatedly canvassed the same area, checking holes and peeking around (and over) rocks. I think it may of been hunting, but I do not know enough about the species to tell for sure. All I do know is this is the best pic to date that I have ever photographed of this species. They are non-venomous, and "has a large, triangular free-edged rostral scale" (Tucson Herp Society). I am guessing that is perhaps were the name "Patch-nosed" comes from.
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This snake (Salvadora grahamiae) has a story to tell! Scars leave you asking questions and wondering what happened to cause them. The habitat this year is very dry and it's amazing that so many animals are doing so great out there still.
Well then, this is cool, have you seen inside the mouth of a Snake? Probably not, well, here is a shot of inside the mouth of a Big Bend Patch Nose Snake as it exits Pack Rat Den and sees me..Action in my back acre, Macro Lens used no edit no crop manual settings and focus shot in RAW.
With the fall-winter transition under way, reptile activity will be slowing down for the season. The Desert Patch-nosed Snake (Salvadora hexalepis) is one species that never cease activity fully. You can find this species somewhat active during the warmer days or under surface cover on the warmer winter days. This particular snake was sitting at a trails edge in the early morning beneath some thicker bushes awaiting the sun to warm the ground up.
This Eastern/Mountain Patch-nosed Snake (Salvadora grahamiae) was moved off a dangerous road into some thick dead bushes.
A patch-nosed snake dining on a leopard lizard near Lordsburg, New Mexico. The snake blended in so well, I almost stepped on him.
This Eastern (or Mountain) Patch-nosed Snake was found on mountain road in southeastern Arizona on a mild spring day.
this old image taken with my Fuji FinePix s7000 is very special to me for several reasons. the most special of those reasons is that it was on this little outing that I last saw my father alive. I went down to visit him in southern Utah for a few days in the spring of 2006. on my last day visiting with him we decided to take a drive up this dirt road outside of St George. you were able to see this beautiful Coachwhip and a patch nosed snake before the poor condition of the road required us to turn around back then I only had my little Saturn sedan didn't have very good clearance but I still took it lots of places that I shouldn't. this road was to Rocky to even try. it's interesting it's interesting it's interesting it's interesting it's interesting it's interesting that it's interesting that I it's interesting that I have it's interesting that I have had it's interesting that I have had a it's interesting that I have had a it's interesting that I have had a four-wheel drive vehicle it's interesting that I have had a four-wheel drive vehicle now now for the now for the last now for the last 10 10 years 10 years I have never gone back to this road and attempted to get higher up the mountain. after that visit with my dad he moved out of the country and although he came back and lived in Arizona for a little while, he unfortunately had a heart attack and died for I saw him again.
Desert Western Patch-nosed Snake (Salvadora hexalepis hexalepsis); San Pedro River Valley, SE of San Manuel, AZ
This Western (or Desert) Patch-nosed Snake was found on a desolate desert road near Yuma, Arizona late at night.
Desert Western Patch-nosed Snake (Salvadora hexalepis hexalepsis); San Pedro River Valley, AZ. Notice the cactus spine sticking out of the neck. Reptiles (and everybody else that lives around here too, including us) seem to get stuck often by spines.
Madera Canyon along the Super Trail, Coronado National Forest, in the Santa Rita Mountains south of Tucson, AZ.
Caliente Mountain, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA.
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Found this Mohave Patch-nosed Snake sunning itself on the road. My first time seeing one of these, a really beautiful animal.
Outside of Randsburg, California.