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michael-ray — C. o. occipitalis
Published: 2010-06-15 20:18:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 1315; Favourites: 41; Downloads: 41
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Chionactis occipitalis occipitalis - Mohave shovelnosed snake - from Riverside County, California.This is a genus of small, fossorial, sand dwelling snakes native to the American Southwest and northern Mexico.
We roadcruised this male last night. I was hoping to find another since I didn't get pictures of the one I found a couple nights prior.
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Such pretty little things. That would be a lifer for me!
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They're fun. We tried to knock out all 3 subs in California in 3 consecutive nights, but we only managed two subs live and got the 3rd DOR...
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DOR make me so sad. Sometimes that's the only way to see them though. I got pretty lucky with the blind snake, black-headed snakes, and corals snakes I saw. Very much alive.
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I don't count something I've only seen DOR as a lifer, but even a DOR is a valuable tool when it comes to finding populations, etc.
I have a pretty long list of things I've only found DOR from 4 or 5 separate states. Some are pretty heartbreaking. haha
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What a cutie!
He looks exactly like a legless sandfish skink
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They do make good captives, although you don't see them as often as a lot of other snakes, simply because of their fossorial nature.
They feed well on crickets, small roaches, etc. and I've heard of people getting them eating mealworms and small Phoenix worms.
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that is so interesting! I've never seen any of these snakes available in Europe, maybe a little import would be worth the cause... I'm a fool for rarities and novelties and honestly there is nothing interesting on offer here, even the venomous snakes are getting ordinary.
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They're not big in the pet trade in the US either. I've only seen them offered for sale a handful of times.
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About 9 or 10 inches, actually.
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