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California striped whipsnake Masticophis taeniatus: Striped whipsnake Nerodia fasciata: Banded water snake Phyllorhynchus decurtatus: Western leaf-nosed snake Pituophis catenifer: Gopher snake Rhinocheilus lecontei: Long-nosed snake Salvadora hexalepis: Western patch-nosed snake Sonora semiannulata: Western ground snake Tantilla hobartsmithi
Phrontis tiarula, common name the western mud nassa, is a species of small sea snail with gills and an operculum, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
The mud snake is one of a few animals which may be the origin of the hoop snake myth. J.D. Willson writes: Mud snakes are sometimes known as “hoop snakes” because of the myth that they will bite their own tail and roll after people. [3] The hoop snake myth has also been attributed to the coachwhip snake.
Farancia is a genus of colubrid snakes. It consists of two species, one commonly referred to as the rainbow snake (F. erytrogramma) and the other commonly referred to as the mud snake (F. abacura). Both species are native to the southeastern United States.
This is a list of extant snakes, given by their common names. Note that the snakes are grouped by name, and in some cases the grouping may have no scientific basis. Contents:
The female mud snake was pregnant, and she was carrying 12 “well-developed embryos,” according to researchers. One of the male snakes was found in a rubber plantation at night during heavy ...
This is a checklist of American reptiles found in Northern America, based primarily on publications by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). [1] [2] [3] It includes all species of Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States including recently introduced species such as chameleons, the Nile monitor, and the Burmese python.
A Western rattlesnake, also known as Northern Pacific rattlesnake. The species is rarely found in Southern California, but a man in the Mojave Desert received one in the mail.