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Diadophis punctatus arnyi
This ring-necked snake was pale greenish gray with a broken. It was approximately 8 inches long.
Found in an intermittent wash in a rocky area.
Snake was under rock.
Spotted on Sep 16, 2012
Submitted on Sep 17, 2012
20 Comments
Awesome!
Congratulations!
Congratulations on you SOTD, Cameron. It is a great series.
Very cool behavioral spotting! Congrats on your SOTD!
Very different from the ring-necks up and over here in PA! awesome spotting and congratulations!
Congratulations Cameron.Nice series. Beautiful snake.
Thanks everyone! I was conducting the Snake Count at Mills Canyon in the Kiowa National Grassland in New Mexico when I spotted this snake. We had been frustrated all morning looking for Arid Land Ribbonsnakes along the Canadian River in the Canyon when we finally decided to cut our losses and find a ring-necked snake. We headed to a small canyon and started flipping rocks until we found this GEM! If I had known it would be spotting of the day, I would have spent more time photographing this snake with better light. Thanks again for your comments. Ring-necked snakes are great everywhere you find them.
Unique defense!
Congrats!:)
Great spotting! Congrats!
Congratulations on your SOTD !!
Congratulations !!
beautiful spotting and congrats!
Congratulations on spot of the day for your amazing, colorful snake.
Espectacular::
congratulations! :)
This series has been chosen as Spotting of the Day during Snake Week! Congratulations Cameron and thanks for all the great work you're doing with the Center for Snake Conservation. We're excited to be partnering with you to collect important data and help people better understand these awesome predators.
"The Prairie Ring-necked Snake is a species of colubrid snake. They are best known for their unique defense posture of curling up their tails exposing their bright red-orange posterior, ventral surface when threatened."
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Wow.....fantastic!
I like how the screwed up tail makes for a big warning display.
Wow amazing underbelly!