Southwest Reptiles and Amphibians
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Long-nosed Snake - Rhinocheilus lecontei
Baird and Girard, 1853
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| Adult, Santa Cruz County, Arizona | Adult, Hidalgo County, New Mexico | |
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| Adult, Pima County, Arizona |
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| Habitat, Pima County, Arizona |
Habitat, Santa Cruz County, Arizona | Habitat, Hidalgo County, New Mexico |
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| A Long-nosed snake crawls across a road in San Diego County. | This video shows a Long-nosed Snake using a disgusting but effective defensive behavior - it coils up with jerky movements then smears itself with red fluid from its cloaca. After that I certainly did not want to touch the snake again. | A black and white Long-nosed snake crawls at night in the Arizona desert. |
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| Watching this short video you can get an idea of how this fairly fast snake moves. |
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Southwest Reptiles & Amphibians
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