Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Some of its best-known members are cobras, coral snakes, mambas, and sea snakes. Outwardly, terrestrial elapids are similar to colubrids; Almost all of them have a long, thin body, a head covered with large scales and eyes with round pupils. Furthermore, their behavior is generally quite active, and many species are oviparous.
Like all kingsnakes, the Mexican black kingsnake is a constrictor and is non-venomous. Their diet includes other snakes —particularly rattlesnakes which are also common to the region— and as a result, has developed a resilience to various kinds of venom. [5] This species will also consume small rodents, lizards, birds, and eggs. [1] [5]
Glossy snake; Godman's garter snake; Goldenhead garter snake; Granite night lizard; Granite spiny lizard; Gray checkered whiptail; Gray-banded kingsnake; Great Plains skink; Greater earless lizard; Greater short-horned lizard; Green iguana; Guatemalan helmeted basilisk; Guatemalan milk snake; Guerreran horned lizard; Gyalopion canum; Gyalopion ...
The Mexican garter snake (Thamnophis eques) is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. It is found in Mexico and in the United States ( Arizona and New Mexico ). This harmless snake is semi-aquatic and most of the 10 recognized subspecies are restricted to lake basins in Mexico .
The Mexican kingsnake is endemic to northeastern Mexico. The nominate subspecies is found in the state of San Luis Potosí. [6] The typical habitat of this snake is rocky hillsides, valleys and deserts in mountainous regions [4] as well as woodlands, oak forests and grassy areas. Its altitudinal range is 1,300 to 2,400 m (4,265 to 7,874 ft ...
Rhadinaea forbesi, also known commonly as Forbes' graceful brown snake [1] [2] and la hojarasquera de Forbes in Mexican Spanish, [2] is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico .
The Mexican milksnake has distinct red, black and cream or yellow-colored banding, wrapping around the body. This coloration is, likely, an evolutionary survival tactic to ward-off potential predators by mimicking the venomous coral snake which shares much of the same habitat; this has led to the species sometimes being called a coral snake-"mimic".
Pituophis deppei, commonly known as the Mexican bullsnake and the Mexican pine snake, is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to Mexico. There are two recognized subspecies . Etymology