Brad R. Moon 1987 Species Account Glossy Snake (Arizona elegans) 28 April Kelker Road near pipeline substation, San Bernadino co., CA, elev. ~ 875 m. Bruce Wagg and I found two juvenile and one adult glossy snake on the pavement between 1845 and 1930 PST (darkness). Adult snake was dead on the road. Habitat is mostly sandy/loamy with some rocky wash channels and primarily creosote bush cover. Cloud cover ~ 75%, approx 27°C. Adult snake (the only one we collected) is buff colored with a faint pinkish stripe down dorsal midline, with tan blotches superimposed on faint stripe. TL 63 cm. ♂ catalog # 63