The Brown Vine Snake is an incredibly slender, camouflaged snake that mimics a dead vine in vegetation. It has large eyes and excellent binocular vision. Mildly rear-fanged but harmless to humans.
Habitat
Tropical thorn scrub and mesquite woodland in southern Arizona and Texas
Diet
Lizards and small frogs
How common
Uncommon
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