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The Rattlesnake Fire was a wildfire started by an arsonist on July 9, 1953, in Powder House Canyon on the Mendocino National Forest in northern California. The wildfire killed one Forest Service employee and 14 volunteer firefighters from the New Tribes Mission , and burned over 1,300 acres (530 ha) before it was controlled on July 11, 1953.
The first 5-year review was established in 2011 and recommended no change from current listing. The California Environmental Quality Act and California Endangered Species Act afforded the Alameda whipsnake some conservation benefits prior to its being federally listed, but these laws by themselves were far from adequate to protect the snake.
Common water snake Phyllorhynchus decurtatus: Western leaf-nosed snake Pituophis catenifer: Gopher snake Rhinocheilus lecontei: Long-nosed snake Salvadora hexalepis: Western patch-nosed snake Sonora annulata: Colorado Desert shovelnose snake Sonora semiannulata: Western ground snake Tantilla hobartsmithi: Southwestern blackhead snake Tantilla ...
How the Snake Lost Its Legs: Curious Tales from the Frontier of Evo-Devo is a 2014 book on evolutionary developmental biology by Lewis I. Held, Jr. The title pays homage to Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, [1] [a] but the "tales" are strictly scientific, explaining how a wide range of animal features evolved, in molecular detail. The book has ...
At least eight people have died and 5,000 homes have been destroyed by the fire, which was still just 14% contained as of Monday. It was not clear whether the steel poles were ever installed.
Since first appearing during the age of dinosaurs, snakes have authored an evolutionary success story - slithering into almost every habitat on Earth, from oceans to tree tops. Scientists ...
The California red-sided garter snake is a slender snake that is smaller and lighter than the San Francisco garter snake. Females typically reach 90–100 cm (35-39 inches) while males typically reach 65-75 centimeters (25-29.5), and are markedly thinner than females.
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