This Glossy Snake, Arizona elegans noctivaga, was especially large, maybe a third larger than the next closest individual. It was found in a relatively cool grassland, as well, out and about in the monsoons. This first photo should serve as comparison to the gophersnake-ish size of this beast.
Tags: arizona, arizona elegans, elegans, glossy snake, nocivaga
I love the darkling beetle in the photograph!
Thanks for telling me what they’re really called, so I can stop calling them “butt beetles.”
Ted sent me to this site – I’m another herpetophilic entomologist, and will try to ID any ants that show up in your lovely herp photos!
Thanks James, that would be really helpful to me. Do you have any field guides that you’d recommend?