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Please help me identify this snake

catalogguy May 03, 2004 07:09 PM

Hi,

Could someone please help me identify this snake I recently found in my apartment. People here have opinions ranging from it is a deadly relative of the coral snake (in Mexico they say coralio) to harmless.

He showed up on my floor in the late evening and I captured him using an ice cream tub and let him go. He seemed very happy to be outside and quickly sped off. He was about 14" long and it seems 3 colors: mostly white with black and tan bands. I have looked at hundreds of pictures of snakes today, but I don't see anything with similar banding.

The snake was observed in my apartment in San Felipe, Baja CA, Mexico. That is northern Baja CA near the Sea of Cortez.

Thank you for any insights.

Replies (2)

rearfang May 03, 2004 10:07 PM

That is a Shovel nosed Snake....Chionactus occipitalis. It is a small harmless species that feeds on invertebrates.

Frank
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"The luxury of not getting involved departed with the last lifeboat Skipper..."

socalherper May 06, 2004 05:51 PM

Rearfang is correct.
He is harmless Shovelnose snake and a nice looking one at that.

Tony

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