Western Shovel-nosed Snake (Chionactis occipitalis)

Created: April 22nd, 2011 - 01:51 AM
Last Modified: May 3rd, 2011 - 11:52 PM Entered by: Dave Weber
Record 73443

Country: United States		State: Arizona	County: Maricopa County	Time: 2011-04-21 21:10:00
Qty: 1	Age: Sub-Adult	Sex: --	Method: Road cruising	Habitat: desert scrub
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: 80.00F	Ground Temperature: 81.00F	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Clear		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: 861.00ft	Barometric Pressure: 731.77 mmHg

Notes

Had recently been hit soon to be DOR.

Vouchers

Comments

Posted by Dave Weber on May 03, 2011 at 11:52 PM

I'm hoping!

Posted by Aaron Mills on May 03, 2011 at 11:11 PM

Congrats! Now go find a live one!

Posted by Dave Weber on May 03, 2011 at 11:04 PM

Thanks Aaron...it was a lifer for me and I was using the Holycross book range maps to help me id it.

Posted by Aaron Mills on Apr 28, 2011 at 12:03 PM

Cool find! Chionactis are a favorite of mine! Maricopa Co. is actually an intergrade zone for occipitalis. Couldn't be considered annulata. Probably should be just left at species level.