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Trimorphodon tau tau
Small snake of about 30cm in length, which should make this specimen a juvenile. The head features a pale snout, an interocular pale band, and another one behind the head; the V-shaped marking gives this genus the common name, resembling a lyre. Body is light greyish brown with dark bands; these bands have orange/brown markings and a white outline.
Found in 'El Cimatario', a national park in semi-arid area just outside Querétaro, after some heavy rain at the end of the rainy season.
Locally known as 'Víbora de uña', these colubrid snakes are rear-fanged and venomous, but not harmful to humans. The genus contains two species and seven subspecies.
Spotted on Oct 11, 2017
Submitted on Oct 14, 2017
16 Comments
Thanks, Rob!
Belated congrats Felix. Nice looking snake.
Thanks, Jim!
Well deserved SOTD, Felix. You have been to many places I hope I may someday visit.
Thanks for the nice comments, António and KitchilPus.
Nice spotting and congrets with SOTD.
Beautiful find Felix,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
Thanks, flowntheloop, and Daniele for the SOTD! Much appreciated :-)
Congratulations Felix, your Mexican Lyre Snake is our Spotting of the Day:
"This beautiful Mexican Lyre Snake (Trimorphodon tau tau) is our Spotting of the Day! This snake takes its common name from the V shaped pattern on its head resembling the shape of a lyre, well visible on this image. Trimorphodon is a genus of mildly venomous, rear-fanged, colubrid snakes comprising two species and seven subspecies. The genus name is a combination of three Greek words: 'tri' - three, 'morph' - shape, and 'odon' - teeth. This refers to the three distinct kinds of teeth that lyre snakes have: recurved anterior teeth; shorter middle teeth, and large grooved fangs at the rear".
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Beautiful, Felix! The banding is really striking!
Thank you, Marek.
Excellent spotting :)
Thanks, Mark!
Great spotting Felix.
Thanks, Brian!
Great series Felix! Incredible colors!