Southwest Reptiles and Amphibians
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Black-necked Gartersnake - Thamnophis cyrtopsis
Western Black-necked Gartersnake -
Thamnophis cyrtopsis cyrtopsis
(Kennicott, 1860)
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| Adult, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona |
Adult, Pajarito Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona |
Juvenile, Mt. Lemmon, Pima County, Arizona |
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| Adult eating a Chiricahua Leopard Frog, Pajarito Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona (See this snake eating on video below) |
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| Adult in a cattle pond, Pajarito Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona | Adult, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, after regurgitating several tadpoles. |
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| Habitat, Pajarito Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona |
Habitat, Pima County, Arizona |
Habitat, Pajarito Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona |
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| Habitat, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona |
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| Short Video | ||
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| A Western Black-necked Gartersnake is discovered in the middle of swallowing a Chiricahua Leopard Frog, back legs first, at the edge of a slow creek in the Pajarito Mountains of Arizona. The snake swims across the creek to finish eating, then swims into some roots to hide. |
A brief look at a snake resting in a cattle-trampled Arizona pond (which was full of Chiricahua Leopard Frogs.) | A juvenile Black-necked Gartersnake in the Pajarito Mountains of Arizona climbs down a large rock and dives into a the pool of a drying creek where many small fish present a dining opportunity. |
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