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Desert kingsnake. The desert kingsnake (Lampropeltis splendida) is a species of kingsnake native to Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico, United States. It is not venomous, colored yellow and black. The desert kingsnake's diet consists of rodents, lizards, and smaller snakes, including rattlesnakes. They normally grow 3–4 ft long, but have been ...
Coluber flagellum. — Liner, 2007. Masticophis flagellum. — Collins & Taggart, 2009. Masticophis flagellum is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake, commonly referred to as the coachwhip or the whip snake, which is endemic to the United States and Mexico. Six subspecies are recognized, including the nominotypical subspecies.
Description. C. lepidus. This small species rarely exceeds 32 in (81.3 cm) in length. It has a large, rounded head, and fairly heavy body for its size, with eyes with vertical pupils. Like other rattlesnakes, its tail has a rattle, which is composed of keratin. Each time the snake sheds its skin, a new segment is added to the rattle.
Identification. The striped whipsnake is approximately 30-72 inches (76–183 cm) in total length (including tail). This snake exhibits black, dark brown, or gray coloration on its back, often with an olive or bluish tint. Along the center of each of the first four rows of pale dorsal scales, is a dark longitudinal stripe.
Crotalus viridis cerberus. – Klauber, 1949[1] Crotalus oreganus cerberus. – Ashton & de Queiroz, 2001[2] Crotalus cerberus – Hoser, 2009[3] Crotalus cerberus is a venomous pit viper species [3][4] found in the southwestern United States. It is known as the Arizona black rattlesnake, black rattlesnake, and several other common names.
The western yellow-bellied racer (Coluber constrictor mormon), [1] also known as the western yellowbelly racer[2] or western racer, [1] is a snake subspecies endemic to the Western United States, including California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Montana and Colorado. [3][4] It is a subspecies of the eastern racer.
Trinomial name. Pituophis catenifer deserticola. Stejneger, 1893. Pituophis catenifer deserticola, commonly known by its standardized English name since the 1950s, the Great Basin gophersnake, [1][2][3] is a subspecies of non venomous colubrid snake ranging in parts of western United States and adjacent southwestern Canada. [4][5]
Crotalus willardi obscurus. Harris & Simmons, 1974 [ 1] Common names: New Mexico ridge-nosed rattlesnake.[ 2] Animas ridge-nosed rattlesnake, [ 3] Crotalus willardi obscurus is a venomous pitviper subspecies [ 4] found in northwestern Mexico and the Southwestern United States .