Thank you both very much for your help!

I feel like a complete bonehead being that 1 month ago today I caught a Long-Nosed Snake, which I had figured out on my own was a Long-Nosed Snake, approximately 50 miles as the crow flies to the NNW from where I caught the one you both identified for me.

As for pattern variation, you aren't kidding! Since you were both so helpful, I want to share the pics with you both of the one I caught a month ago to compare to the one I caught 3 days ago that you both just identified for me. I'll put up pics of both right here so you can see a direct side by side comparison.









Seeing a pretty fair contrast between the two, it makes me wonder how many different color phases there are within a one hundred mile range of where I am. Now I also realize the one I found in the Superstition Mountains years ago was a Long-Nosed snake too, and not a Kingsnake, which was also entirely different patterning yet.

Thanks again for all your help!

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