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This is a list of the known snakes of Arizona. [1] The Arizona State Reptile is the Arizona ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi willardi). [2] Snakes.
Crotalus willardi is a venomous pit viper species found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. This snake is found mainly in the "sky island" region. [5] The IUCN reports this snake's conservation status as being of Least Concern. [1] It is the official state reptile of Arizona. [6]
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Arizona elegans is a species of medium-sized colubrid snake commonly referred to as the glossy snake or the faded snake, [3] which is endemic to the southwestern United States and Mexico. It has several subspecies. Some have recommended that A. elegans occidentalis be granted full species status.
The Arizona coral snake is classified as a separate species and genus and is found in central and southern Arizona, extreme southwestern New Mexico and southward to Sinaloa in western Mexico. It occupies arid and semiarid regions in many different habitat types, including thornscrub, desert-scrub, woodland, grassland and farmland.
The Arizona black rattlesnake is the first species of snake observed to exhibit complex social behavior, [11] and like all temperate pit vipers, care for their babies. Females remain with their young in nests for 7 to 14 days, and mothers have been observed cooperatively parenting their broods.
A coachwhip snake managed to make its way through the drainage system in Tucson, Arizona, to emerge from a homeowner's toilet. Michelle Lespron returned from four days away on July 15 2023 to find ...
Milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum) Brown vinesnake (Oxybelis aeneus) Saddled leaf-nosed snake (Phyllorhynchus browni) Spotted leaf-nosed snake (Phyllorhynchus decurtatus) Gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer) Long-nosed snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei) Western patch-nosed snake (Salvadora hexalepis; Eastern patch-nosed snake (Salvadora grahamiae)