Hypsiglena torquata - Night Snake

     1.  A small, secretive nocturnal snake with vertical pupils
     2.  Dark blotching with a distinctive pair of dark neck bands
     3.  A local species found primarily along the ridgeline; coming no further west towards the coast

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• Leptotyphlopidae • Boidae • Viperidae • Colubridae • Elapidae •