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MEXICAN HOG-NOSED SNAKE
Heterodon kennerlyi
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DESCRIPTION:
A medium (up to 760 mm or 30" in total length), stocky, yellowish-tan snake with 23-43 brown to orange-brown dorsal blotches. The large mid-dorsal blotches are often somewhat muted.
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MILKSNAKE Lampropeltis triangulum
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DESCRIPTION:
A medium-sized (up to 900 mm or 35.5" in total length) snake with red, black, and white bands. The white bands are bordered by the black bands. The black bands usually get wider at the midline of the back (mid-dorsally) encroaching into the red bands.
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MEXICAN GARTERSNAKE
Thamnophis eques
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DESCRIPTION:
A medium (up to 1,120 mm or 44" in total length) reddish-brown to olive-brown snake with a single cream colored stripe down the middle of the back (dorsal stripe).
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MASSASAUGA Sistrurus catenatus
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DESCRIPTION:
A small (up to 550 mm or 22" in total length excluding rattle) light silver-gray to gray-brown rattlesnake. Large, oval, crisp-edged, dark brown blotches line the back.
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Micruroides euryxanthus euryxanthus - Arizona Coralsnake
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Distinguishing Features
The Arizona coral snake is a slender, small snake reaching only 13 to 21 inches (33-53 cm) in length. It is brightly colored with broad alternating bands of red and black separated by narrower bands of bright white or yellow.
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