R. MOON 1987 Species Account Long-Nosed Snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei) 25 April Kelbaker Road 4.5 mi. south of Kelso, San Bernadino co., CA. T 10N R 13E sec 17 nw'ly, elev. ~725 m. 2025 PST, Bruce, my parents, and I found a small snake on the edge of the pavement about 1 hour after a thunder shower. Surrounding habitat is Creosote-scrub desert on sandy and rocky soil with several rocky washes nearby. This snake is white with red flecks between wider black saddles. The black saddles have white spots on the sides. Underneath each white band there is a black rectangle on the ventral scales where they meet the dorsal scales. The black saddles are two to three times as wide as the white bands. Belly white. Catalogue #: 56.