Snake Species Dinosaur species

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Arizona elegans elegans - Kansas Glossy Snake

Arizona elegans elegans - Kansas Glossy Snake - snake species | gveli | გველი

Arizona elegans elegans - Kansas Glossy Snake

Description
The glossy snake and its many subspecies are all similar in appearance to gopher snakes. However, they are smaller than gopher snakes, with narrow, pointed heads, and a variety of skin patterns and colors.

They are nonvenomous, nocturnal predators of small mammals and lizards. Most subspecies are ca. 75-130 cm (ca. 30-50 inches) in length and are shades of tan, brown, and gray with spotted patterns on their smooth, glossy skin and a white or cream-colored unmarked ventral surface. Coloration often varies in relation to the color of the soil in a snake's native habitat.

Habitat

Range of Arizona elegans
Habitat is normally semi-arid grasslands of the southwestern United States, from California in the west to Kansas in the east and as far south as Texas, and northern Mexico.

Reproduction
Glossy snakes are oviparous. They breed in the late spring and early summer and young hatch out in the early fall. Clutches average from 10 to 20 young that are approximately 25 cm long.

CHECKERED GARTERSNAKE <br /> Thamnophis marcianus | Snake Species Diadophis punctatus similis - San Diego Ring-necked Snake | Snake Species Crotalus oreganus lutosus - Great Basin Rattlesnake | Snake Species
Crotalus oreganus lutosus - Great Basin Rattlesnake | Snake Species CHIHUAHUAN NIGHTSNAKE  Hypsiglena jani | Snake Species Lampropeltis triangulum celaenops - New Mexico Milksnake | Snake Species
Virginia striatula - Rough Earth Snake | Snake Species PLAINS BLACK-HEADED SNAKE  <br />Tantilla nigriceps | Snake Species Pituophis catenifer pumilis - Santa Cruz Island Gopher Snake | Snake Species
SONORAN LYRESNAKE <br /> Trimorphodon lambda | Snake Species Lampropeltis getula splendida - Desert Kingsnake | Snake Species  CHIHUAHUAN BLACK-HEADED SNAKE <br />    Tantilla wilcoxi | Snake Species
VARIABLE SANDSNAKE  Chilomeniscus stramineus | Snake Species Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma - Western Cottonmouth | Snake Species Coluber flagellum flagellum - Eastern Coachwhip | Snake Species
 EASTERN PATCH-NOSED SNAKE <br /> Salvadora grahamiae | Snake Species Trimorphodon lambda - Sonoran Lyresnake | Snake Species Arizona elegans philipi  - Painted Desert Glossy Snake | Snake Species
Thamnophis gigas - Giant Gartersnake | Snake Species Lampropeltis alterna - Gray-banded Kingsnake | Snake Species Pituophis catenifer sayi - Bullsnake | გველი | Snake Species

Copyright © 2012