Western Leaf-nosed Snake vs. Western Glossy Snake

Both are pale blotched desert snakes out at night; their records overlap widely in the Mojave and Colorado deserts. A: A big, flat, leaf-like scale over the tip in the Western Leaf-nosed Snake; a pointed snout with ordinary scales in the Western Glossy Snake. The leaf-nosed snake is small (to 20 in) with cat-eye pupils; the glossy snake grows to 5 ft with round pupils.

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