Texas Lyre Snake vs. Chihuahuan Nightsnake

Both are pale, blotched, cat-eyed night snakes of rocky Chihuahuan Desert slopes (they share the mountains of south-central New Mexico). A: No dark collar; a broad head on a thin neck in the Texas Lyre Snake; a dark three-part collar on the neck in the Chihuahuan Nightsnake. B: Narrow brown crossbands, widely spaced, often pale in the middle in the Texas Lyre Snake; small dark blotches, close together in the Chihuahuan Nightsnake. The Texas Lyre Snake grows to 3 ft; the Chihuahuan Nightsnake rarely passes 16 in.

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