Juvenile discovered road cruising on a warm spring night. This species is relatively common in the area.
Ok, I put it in the sagebrush.
Baby - deceased, caught in mouse sticky glue trap in residential garage on side of Thumb Butte above town.
Arizona elegans is a small colubrid snake commonly referred to as the glossy snake. The genus Arizona has only one officially recognized species, A. elegans, with several subspecies. Some have recommended that A. elegans occidentalis be granted full species status.
