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Colorado Desert Shovel-nosed Snake

Chionactis annulata

Classification

The western shovel-nosed snake (Chionactis occipitalis) is a small species of snake of the family Colubridae. Description A small (11 - 17 inch) snake with alternating bands of orange and tan on cream or tan on cream. Less commonly specimens have been documented as having black bands on white.

Distribution

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