Baja California Lyresnake (Trimorphodon biscutatus lyrophanes)

Created: March 31st, 2015 - 11:51 AM
Last Modified: January 6th, 2017 - 01:02 PM Entered by: Jeff Teel
Record 219819

Country: United States		State: California	County: Imperial County	Time: 2015-03-23 22:51:00
Qty: 1	Age: Adult	Sex: Female	Method: Visual encounter	Habitat: Rocky Low Desert Mtn. Range
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: -----	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Clear		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: 723.00ft	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

Palo Verde Mtns. I been hoping to find this species in these mtns for the last few years. I found 2 this night. This was the first, an adult female. I suspected they might be lambda or an intergrade, but this one had a single anal plate-(photo included) and the other had a single anal plate as well. I found one in the Little Chuckwalla Mtns that had a divided anal plate-(although, I have seen 3 in the Little Chuckwalla Mtns and 2 had single anal plates, and the 1 with a divided anal plate). Insitu photo as found, and a posed shot.

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Comments

Posted by Jeff Teel on Apr 01, 2015 at 11:53 AM

Thanks, Greg.

Posted by Gregory Litiatco on Mar 31, 2015 at 07:43 PM

Great work!