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The Texas long-nosed snake is a tricolor subspecies. Its color pattern consists of a cream-colored or white body, overlaid with black blotches, with red between the black. This color pattern gives it an appearance vaguely similar to that of a venomous coral snake, Micrurus tener or Micruroides euryxanthus. It has an elongated snout, to which ...
High Woods coral snake; Malayan long-glanded coral snake; Texas Coral Snake; Western coral snake; Corn snake. ... Long-nosed tree snake; Many-banded tree snake;
The long-nosed snake is distinguished by a long, slightly upturned snout, which is the origin of its common name. It is tricolor, vaguely resembling a coral snake, with black and red saddling on a yellow or cream-colored background. Cream-colored spots within the black saddles are a distinct characteristic of the long-nosed snake.
“Just when you think you have seen just about every animal in your region, you still can get some surprises,” wildlife officials said.
There are 105 species of snakes in Texas, 15 are deadly. Here’s what to know.
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Rhinocheilus etheridgei Grismer, 1990 – Etheridge's long-nosed snake [3] Rhinocheilus lecontei Baird & Girard, 1853 – long-nosed snake Rhinocheilus lecontei lecontei Baird & Girard, 1853 – western long-nosed snake; Rhinocheilus lecontei tessellatus Garman, 1883 – Texas long-nosed snake
This list of reptiles of Texas includes the snakes, lizards, crocodilians, and turtles native to the U.S. state of Texas.. Texas has a large range of habitats, from swamps, coastal marshes and pine forests in the east, rocky hills and limestone karst in the center, desert in the south and west, mountains in the far west, and grassland prairie in the north.