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Diadophis punctatus
I was thrilled to find this awesome Ringneck snake. It has grey color with orange ring in the neck. But the underside is bright orange and the tail is red. They are best known for their unique defense posture of curling up their tails, exposing their bright red-orange posterior, ventral surface when threatened. I was lucky because Ring-necked snakes are secretive, nocturnal snakes, so are rarely seen during the day time. They are slightly venomous. 60 cm long.
Grassland.
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Gracias rams4d
Muy buenas fotos, felicidades !!!
This is the first one for me Abby.
I've seen one of these in North Carolina, USA. There super cute when they're little!
Es de la Sierra de San Miguelito, justo al sur de la ciudad de San Luis Potosí.
¿De qué parte de san luis es ésta belleza?
Gracias Nés.
Hermosa Diadophis.
Gracias Mike. Tuve suerte porque esta vibora es más bien nocturna.
Que buen registro! Me gusta el contraste de los colores gris y naranja
Thank you Christos Maroulis
Beautiful!!
Muchas gracias Lauren, Eulalia y Alfytere.
Guau, fantástica serie de fotos, definitivamente el que busca encuentra, felicidades Luis.
Qué bonita.
This amazing snake just had to make SOTD! And your pictures of it's behavior are wonderful. Congratulations!
Thank you Pamsai and Gilma.
Congratulations!! Luis, that is a gorgeous snake, love the wavy posture and of course the tail and bottom colors, a beautiful creature.
congratulations Luis. Fabulous snake, very nice photos!
Thank you EnvUnlimited and Reza Hashemizadeh.
Congratulations Luis !
Thank you Chief, Saumya, Carol, Ashley, Mark, Jopy, Dixie, Dixie, Neil, Nac, Rieko, Bhagya, Daniele, Dilan and António for your kind words.
Luis :-) congrats again ,for a well deserved SOTD
Congrats Luis on your SOTD!!!
Congrats Luis! What a great series!