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Spotted Leafnose Snake
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Scientific Name:
Phyllorhynchus Decurtatus
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Common Name:
Spotted Leafnose Snake
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Description:
Identification: 12 - 20 in. (30-51 cm). A pale, blotched snake with a blunt snout formed by much enlarged rostal scale with free edges. Pink, tan, yellowish, or pale gray above, with more than 17 middorsal brown blotches between back of head and region above vent. Blotches also extend onto tail. White below, unmarked. Pupils vertical. Dorsal scales smooth, except occasionally in males. Subocular present. Rostral completely separates internasals. Anal single. Eats small lizards, including Banded Geckos, and their eggs.
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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.
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Diet:
lizards and their eggs
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Size:
10" to 20" (25 to 51 cm)
