Saddled Leafnose Snake

• Scientific Name: Phyllorhynchus Browni
• Common Name: Saddled Leafnose Snake
• Description: Identification: 12 - 20in. (30-51 cm). Resembles Spotted Leaf-nosed Snake in form (see Spotted Leaf-nosed Snake) and scalation, including enlarged rostal scale, but differs greatly in color. Fewer than 17 large, brown, dark-edged blotches (saddles) on back, excluding tail. Light color on head and between blotches, pink or cream. White below, without markings. Apparently eats chiefly lizards and their eggs.
• References: Excerpts from A FIELD GUIDE TO WESTERN REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS, 3/e by Robert C. Stebbins. Copyright (c) 2003 by Robert C. Stebbins. Reproduced by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
• Diet: lizards and their eggs
• Size: 10" to 20" (25 to 51 cm)