Salvadora hexalepis deserticola

A smallish, fast, lizard-eating snake. Unlike Salvadora grahamiae, this species has a secondary stripe below the wider primary stripes.

An adult female in Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, 26 Apr 2008.



Closer view of the same snake, 26 Apr 2008.

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