Southwest Reptiles and Amphibians

Rhinocheilus lecontei - Long-nosed Snake

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Adult, Santa Cruz County, Arizona	Adult, Hidalgo County, New Mexico

Adult, Pima County, Arizona
Habitat

Habitat, Pima County, Arizona	Habitat, Santa Cruz County, Arizona	Habitat, Hidalgo County, New Mexico
Short Videos

A Long-nosed snake crawls across a road in San Diego County.	This video shows a Long-nosed Snake using a disgusting but effective defensive behavior - it coils up with jerky movements then smears itself with red fluid from its cloaca. After that I certainly did not want to touch the snake again.	A black and white Long-nosed snake crawls at night in the Arizona desert.

	Watching this short video you can get an idea of how this fairly fast snake moves.

Southwest Reptiles & Amphibians

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