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Rough Earthsnake vs. Flat-headed Snake

Both are small, plain brown snakes under flat rocks (records share 64 one-degree squares). A: The head the same colour as the body; a pointed snout in the Rough Earthsnake; a flat head a little darker than the body in the Flat-headed Snake. B: Keeled, dull in the Rough Earthsnake; smooth and glossy in the Flat-headed Snake. C: Whitish or grey in the Rough Earthsnake; salmon-pink in the Flat-headed Snake.

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Rough Earthsnake

Virginia striatula

Flat-headed Snake

Tantilla gracilis
Rough Earthsnake vs. Flat-headed Snake: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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