Desert Coachwhip vs. Common Coachwhip

Split on genes from the eastern Common Coachwhip; on iNaturalist most California coachwhips are still filed as Common Coachwhip. A: Pink, red or light brown, plain behind in the Desert Coachwhip; tan to brown (east: dark brown to black in front, fading to tan behind) in the Common Coachwhip. B: Dark crossbands across the neck, or the whole neck black in the Desert Coachwhip; plain dark neck and head (eastern form), no crossbands in the Common Coachwhip. In California every coachwhip is the western (desert) form; the Common Coachwhip in the strict sense lives east of the Rockies.

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