Southwest Reptiles and Amphibians
Thamnophis cyrtopsis cyrtopsis - Western Black-necked Gartersnake
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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 | ||
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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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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.) | |
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