Series of photos documenting the consumption of a Western Patch-Nosed Snake by a Red Coachwhip Snake, Boyce Thompson Arboretum, July 11, 2015

My first time seeing one of these. easy to catch,didn't even try to escape,but got very pissy once I did catch it and stuck at me several times. All bluff,they are harmless.

Texas Patch-nosed Snake, with a lizard - Corpus Christi, Texas

Salvadora grahamiae from Travis County, texas

Western Patch-nosed Snake, Mohave Patch-nosed Snake subspecies (Salvadora hexalepis mojavensis) from Kern County, California. Detail of dorsal scales and striping. Note the orange on the leading edge of the lateral scales where the skin is stretched.

Mistaking this heartwarming serpent for a stick, I narrowly avoided committing vehicular herpicide.

This Lower Baja Patch-nosed Snake was found active on a cool afternoon in a dry and inhospitable-looking area of Baja.

Desert patch-nosed snake from San Diego County, California.

These Creosote flats in Kern County, California are home to the Mohave Desert Tortoise and the Mohave Patch-nosed Snake.

Western Patch-nosed Snake, Coast Patch-nosed Snake subspecies (Salvadora hexalepis virgultea) in San Diego County, California.

Dragoon Mountain Ranch, Cochise County, AZ.

Salvadora hexalepis hexalepis

Arizona

Maricopa Co., AZ

This snake was digging in an area of fairly loose dirt, Millville Trail, San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Cochise County, AZ, 1 June 2010

Jeff Davis Co., Texas

Western Patch-nosed Snake, Mohave Patch-nosed Snake subspecies (Salvadora hexalepis mojavensis) from Kern County, California.

National Butterfly Center - Mission, TX

Southeast Arizona

A Western Patch Nosed Snake crosses a hiking trail.

NPS / Samantha Laarman

Alt Text: A light colored snake slithers across hiking path.

Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge

Desert patch-nosed snake from San Diego County, California.

Western Patch-nosed Snake, Coast Patch-nosed Snake subspecies (Salvadora hexalepis virgultea) in San Diego County, California.

2 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

Mojave National Preserve, California

Las Cienegas NCA, Pima Co., Arizona

- Hatchling in November!

Santa Catalina Mtns, AZ

My first time seeing one of these. easy to catch,didn't even try to escape,but got very pissy once I did catch it and stuck at me several times. All bluff,they are harmless.

Western Patch-nosed Snake, Coast Patch-nosed Snake subspecies (Salvadora hexalepis virgultea) in coastal sage scrub habitat, San Diego County, California.

Western Patch-nosed Snake (Salvadora hexalepis)

On the Pine Mountain Trail

Located on the Rio Grande River 20 miles north of Las Cruces, NM USA. See map.

Thanks to PrimevalNature for the ID.

Higher resolution pics of this and other other stuff at ivanq.smugmug.com/

Western Patch-nosed Snake, Mohave Patch-nosed Snake subspecies (Salvadora hexalepis mojavensis) from Kern County, California.