Chionactis occipitalis annulata - Colorado Desert Shovel-Nosed Snake

     1.  Has the most pronounced 'tricolor' pattern of the three C.occipitalis subspecies
     2.  Bands usually black; little to no brown banding
     3.  A shovel-shaped snout with a deeply inset lower jaw

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• Leptotyphlopidae • Boidae • Viperidae • Colubridae • Elapidae •