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Field notes and photography by Bryan D. Hughes
Jun
2nd
2009

Sonoran Lyresnake

This is probably my favorite of the native colubrid snakes we have here in Arizona: a juvenile Sonoran Lyresnake (Trimorphodon lambda). They usually inhabit rocky areas in the mountains, but this one was found on flat ground many hundreds of yards from the nearest rocky outcropping.

It is a bit on the venomous side, though a bite to humans won’t do more than potentially hurt like hell for a few hours. I took this one home with me, where it immediately devoured a greater earless lizard.

Trimorphodon lambda
Trimorphodon lambda
Trimorphodon lambda
Trimorphodon lambda

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