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Series of photos documenting the consumption of a Western Patch-Nosed Snake by a Red Coachwhip Snake, Boyce Thompson Arboretum, July 11, 2015
Series of photos documenting the consumption of a Western Patch-Nosed Snake by a Red Coachwhip Snake, Boyce Thompson Arboretum, July 11, 2015
Series of photos documenting the consumption of a Western Patch-Nosed Snake by a Red Coachwhip Snake, Boyce Thompson Arboretum, July 11, 2015
These active little snakes are named after the patch-like scale on the tip of their nose, which is a handy tool for digging lizards like the Texas Whiptail out of their nightly burrows. Patch-nosed are lizard specialists, which means they have to be quick in speed and reaction time. This little girl was found under a piece of cardboard on the side of a highway. I took her home to photograph, and the next morning found that her eyes were opaque...a sure sign she was about to shed. Since this is a period when snakes are the most vulnerable, I kept her until the shed was over. Usually I release all animals to the exact spot I found them, but since I didn't want to drop her off back on the side of the highway I found a nice secluded cactus patch in the mesquite thicket nearby...full of tasty whiptails to hunt.
3 of 4, I was standng next to a grave marked unknown and noticed this snake heading toward me about a row away. As you can see, its home was a hole at the unknown grave, Boot Hill Graveyard, Tombstone, Cochise County, AZ, 24 April 2014
Series of photos documenting the consumption of a Western Patch-Nosed Snake by a Red Coachwhip Snake, Boyce Thompson Arboretum, July 11, 2015
Series of photos documenting the consumption of a Western Patch-Nosed Snake by a Red Coachwhip Snake, Boyce Thompson Arboretum, July 11, 2015
Habitat shot - the snake is in the center in this shot. Tucson Mts., Pima Co., Arizona - I was a little surprised this little guy was out sunning on a calm sunny morning in late November.
back from the vet after surgery to drain abscess around mouth and eye. "Patchy" is a Western patch nose snake (Salvadora hexalepis hexalepis), a native of the southwestern United States. The veterinarian had to anesthesize "Patchy" and then lance the abscess in his mouth and also pierce his eyecap in order to drain the fluids. His eye should be ok. He's now on a regimen of antibiotics and has even eaten a couple of days ago. Photo by Frank
Western Patch-nosed Snake, Mohave Patch-nosed Snake subspecies (Salvadora hexalepis mojavensis) as found on a dirt road in Kern County, California.
Mojave National Preserve
San Bernardino County, CA
It took so many tries to get a picture with its tongue out...
Western patch-nosed snake. At this point it had taken the tail off the gerbil(?), which detaches as a defense mechanism.
Desert Patched-nosed Snake (Salvadora hexalepis hexalepis), California City, California (Sept. 17, 2013)
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1 of 4, I was standng next to a grave marked unknown and noticed this snake heading toward me about a row away. As you can see, its home was a hole at the unknown grave, Boot Hill Graveyard, Tombstone, Cochise County, AZ, 24 April 2014
Head of a Western Patch-nosed Snake, Mohave Patch-nosed Snake subspecies (Salvadora hexalepis mojavensis) as found in Kern County, California.
Photographed at La Ventana in the Sierra de La Laguna at about 4000 feet elevation. This snake is of the subspecies klauberi, is less picky about habitat than other subspecies, occurring from the central Baja Peninsula to the tip of the Cape, from windswept barren deserts to the pine-oak woodlands of the Sierra de La Laguna. Favored food includes lizards, small snakes, and small rodents.