Western Patch-nosed Snake

Salvadora hexalepis

The Western Patch-nosed Snake has an enlarged, upturned rostral scale used for digging up buried lizard eggs. A fast-moving, diurnal snake that actively forages across open terrain.

Habitat

Desert grassland, chaparral, and shrublands in the Southwest

Diet

Lizard eggs, lizards, and small rodents

How common

Common

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