Here’s the first Desert Patchnose Snake (Salvadora hexalepis hexalepis) I encountered in the wild from several years ago. He appropriately bit the hell out of my finger and escaped up a sheer dirt wall before I could get any better photos. I love these guys; they’re like mini-coachwhips.
Salvadora hexalepis
Tags: arizona herping, bryan d. hughes, desert patchnose snake, Field Herping, patch-nose snake, patch-nosed snake, salvadora hexalepis, western patchnose snake
