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Photo © Ken-ichi Ueda some rights reserved
Sunol Regional Wilderness, Alameda County, CA, USA (Google, OSM)
37.507777, -121.828784
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Description

Always a good way to start the day.

Mar. 03, 2012 22:54:42 -0800
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Sharp-tailed Snake - Photo (c) Bill Bouton, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
kueda's ID Sharp-tailed Snake (Contia tenuis)
Posted by kueda about 1 year ago (Flag)
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Posted by dave-barry about 1 year ago (Flag)
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Posted by greenrosettas about 1 year ago (Flag)
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I love these snakes, great find. I think that they are poisonous too. I believed that they are rear fanged snakes that that there is a grove that runs down those fangs that delivers the venom. I believe that the snake has to gnaw for a little while to get the venom moving. Being envenomated by one these I think is impossible because they could never break our skin let alone gnaw on someone for long enough.

Posted by greenrosettas about 1 year ago (Flag)
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Posted by james3 about 1 year ago (Flag)
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Sharp-tailed Snake - Photo (c) Bill Bouton, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
kueda's ID Sharp-tailed Snake (Contia tenuis)

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