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Wildlife Longnose Snake Page
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 Photo by: Dr. Geoffery Hammerson |
Longnose Snake
Rhinocheilus lecontei
Habitat: The longnose snake in Colorado inhabits plains grassland and, more often, sandhill habitat, plus weedy areas in river valleys.
Food and Predators: The diet of this snake typically includes lizards and their eggs, rodents, small snakes, and sometimes insects.
Little is known about predators.
Recognition: Small white spots on sides of black “saddles” across back of adults; spaces between black saddles pink or red; dorsal scales smooth (unkeeled); belly whitish or yellowish, with few dark spots; snout long, with slightly raised rostral scale; anal scale single; scales on underside of tail mostly in single row.
Distribution: California, Nevada, southern Idaho, Utah, Colorado, and southwestern Kansas south through the southwestern and south-central United States to central Baja California and central mainland Mexico. Occurs in southeastern Colorado at elevations below 5,000 feet (1,525 m).
Status: This species is not listed.
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