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Variable Sand Snake - Chilomeniscus stramineus

Arenera de Modelo Variable

Cope, 1860

=Sonora straminea (Cope, 1860) =Banded Sand Snake

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Banded adult, Baja California Sur Banded and unbanded adults,
Baja California Sur
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Unbanded adult, Baja California Sur Adult, Cape Region, Baja California Sur 
© John T. Snow
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Shedding adult, Cape Region, Baja California Sur © John T. Snow Adult, San Ignacio, Baja California Sur
© Stuart Young
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Adult, Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California © Stuart Young This little 6 inch juvenile was found in a shower inside a house in the Cape Region, Baja California Sur
© John T. Snow
     
Habitat
  Carmen Island Zebra-tailed Lizard habitat  
  Habitat, San Ignacio, Baja California Sur
© Stuart Young
 
 
References:


Grismer, L. Lee. Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California, Including Its Pacific Islands and the Islands in the Sea of Cortés. The University of California Press, 2002.

McPeak, Ron H. Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California. Sea Challengers, 2000.

Samuel M. McGinnis and Robert C. Stebbins. Peterson Field Guide to Western Reptiles & Amphibians. 4th Edition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2018.

Stebbins, Robert C. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians. 3rd Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003.

The Reptile Database

San Diego Natural History Museum







Baja California Reptiles & Amphibians

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