Kelly and I went for a hike through the low areas of the Harcuvar mountains in Eastern La Paz County today, looking for snakes of course, but mostly just getting a bit of a workout in preparation for the upcoming year. Other than some amazing habitat, the only snake we found was an adult Desert Patch-Nosed Snake, Salvadora hexalepis hexalepis, layed out basking in the sun. I would have been content leaving him to his nap, but this was Kelly’s first experience with this animal and I wanted to make sure she got a close look.
Desert Patch-Nosed Snake. Not very friendly.
As he was found, laying out in a wash.
Tags: colubrid, field herping arizona, harcuvar, patch-nose, patch-nosed, patchnose, patchnosed, salvadora hex, snake
