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B.R. Moon
1987
Species Account
Glossy Snake
(Arizona elegans)
7 April Kelbaker Road 8.8 miles south of Vulcan
Mine Road, San Bernardino county, CA.
1913 PST. while night-driving, Bruce and
I found a hatchling (probably from Fall of
1986) glossy snake crossing the pavement.
Probably 18-20°C, clear skies, half moon.
I wonder if this individual is an intergrade
between A.e. eburnata and A.e. candida;
this individual has 1 preocular on one side
(A.e. eburnata according to Stebbins 1985)
and 2 preoculars on the other side of its head
(A.e. candida according to Stebbins).
Variation or an intergrade?
Total length 25.2 cm.
Catalog # 13