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Common Snake on Uncommon Terms

Bryan — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:29:29 +0000

These long-nosed snakes can be found about anywhere that sleeping lizards can, and I see a lot of them. This kind though, not so much. The clarus phase is lighter and the red bands between the black are completely missing, or in this case faded to a few rosy hold-outs near the last third of the snake.

Long-Nosed Snake, Rhinocheilus lecontei

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Long Nosed Snake in the Trash

Bryan — Mon, 16 May 2011 15:17:30 +0000

After a long day of hiking a little over a year ago, we found a longnosed snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei) under some trash. It was about the happiest I’ve ever been to see a longnose!

longnosed garbage snake

Longnose Snakes

Bryan — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:54:47 +0000

Here are some pictures of a very common local snake, the long-nosed snake, Rhinocheilus lecontei. They have an enlarged snout (imagine that) that they use to dig out lizard eggs and sleeping whiptail lizards. These are often out when other snakes don’t want to be, for some reason, so seeing one of these as the first snake of a trip can mean it’s time to head home.

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Rhinocheilus lecontei

looking for whiptails