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Desert Patched-nosed Snake (Salvadora hexalepis hexalepis), California City, California (July 31, 2009)

Gray Ranch, Hidalgo County, NM

WESTERN PATCH-NOSED SNAKE (Salvadora hexalepis)

A nice warm tarmac surface is irresistible to reptiles. For each live snake I see in the field I usually see a couple who've met the fate of this one. Western Patch-nosed Snakes are swift, diurnal creatures of desert plains and chaparral. Note the large rostral shield on the snake's snout that gives it its name.

Baja California Patch-Nosed Snake (Salvadora hexalepis klauberi). Baja Sur.

Western patch-nosed snake. First shot of the attack, seconds after hearing the gerbil (?) squeal.

 

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ARIZONA: Cochise County, Chiricahua Mt. entranc to Cave Creek Canyon.

Coast patch-nosed Snake * California Species of Special Concern

Western Patch-nosed Snake

Colubridae

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